In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser, is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.

Starring:

Alan Starkey, Albert Finney, Ann Way, Betty Marsden, Cathryn Harrison, Donald Eccles, Edward Fox, Eileen Atkins, Guy Manning, Joe Belcher, John Sharp, Kathy Staff, Kevin Stoney, Llewellyn Rees, Lockwood West, Lori Wells, Michael Gough, Paul Luty, Ralph Morse, Roger Avon, Sandra Gough, Sheila Reid, Stuart Richman, Tom Courtenay, Zena Walker

Genre:

Drama