The Dresser
1983 · 118 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 5,891 VOTES · DIR. Peter Yates
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,238 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:05 This is the BBC Home Service.
00:06:51 ...into my feet.
00:15:16 Thank you, my dear, but Norman usually looks after me.
00:19:55 I asked him, joking like, if he had been in a fight. He said not.
00:23:47 I have never known a kettle take so long to boil.
00:28:03 I thought I had written today.
00:31:57 - And who as Oswald? - Mr. Brown, I'm afraid.
00:35:26 "Well, you see, ducky...
00:40:26 And a broad straight line of number 20 down the nose.
00:46:13 ...your 227th performance of the part, Sir.
00:50:57 But do not let too much take you.
00:54:54 - You want the performance cancelled? - No, he does not.
00:59:04 We are to speak Shakespeare, and they'll go to any lengths to prevent me.
01:03:30 Stand by, please, Sir.
01:08:50 ...must be their schoolmasters.
01:14:05 Mighty, Her Ladyship thought you were tonight.
01:18:24 Do you understand?
01:23:12 I love coming into your room.
01:28:08 It's not youth or talent or star quality he's after, ducky...
01:32:22 Thou'It come no more.
01:37:25 ...I remain your humble and obedient servant.
01:41:47 I'm not sure if I should thank you or not.
01:46:52 Wasn't much of a death scene.
01:53:32 Subtitles by SDI Media Group
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,238
Dialogue density10.5 lines / min
First line00:01:05
Final line01:53:32
Production Record
DirectorPeter Yates
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes5,891