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London Theatre Plays 
| The Dresser | The Dresser Closed 14th May 2005 from London Ticket Web | The Dresser Closed 14th May 2005 Ageing actor manager, ‘Sir’, is struggling to keep a grip on his sanity and complete his 227th performance of King Lear. Despite most of the country’s actors being in uniform in war torn Britain and bombs destroying theatres, the show must go on. Ensuring that it does is Norman, Sir’s devoted dresser, who for sixteen years has been there to fix his wig, massage his ego, remind him of his opening lines and provide the sound effects in the storm scene. Nicholas Lyndhurst, best-loved for his comedy roles in Butterflies, Goodnight Sweetheart and the most popular sitcom of all time, Only Fools and Horses, makes a rare stage appearance in the classic comedy-drama The Dresser alongside Julian Glover, one of the most distinguished actors of his generation. Ronald Harwood wrote the Oscar-winning film The Pianist. | 
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THE DRESSER
Theatre : Duke of Yorks Theatre
St Martin's Lane, London, WC2H 4BG.
Nearest Tube: Leicester Square. London Underground Tube Map
Opened 28 February 2005
Booking to 14 May 2005
Performance Times:
Evenings: Monday to Saturday at 7.30pm
Matinees: Wednesday and Saturday at 3.00pm
Performance length: to be announced
Prices:
Front Stalls £45.00 - £51.00
Circle £51.00
Upper Circle £32.00
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| | What's New | The Dresser Closed 14th May 2005 Play by Ronald Harwood. Directed by Sir Peter Hall |
| Theatre Review | The Dresser Anyone who loves the theatre will love Ronald Harwood's glorious double portrait of an old actor-manager touring the provinces in the Second World War and of the devoted dresser who so faithfully serves him... Peter Hall's wonderfully acted revival looks suspiciously like a modern classic... The play is cluttered with old theatrical jokes, stock types, and occasionally clumsy exposition. But it is magnificently alive, capturing a lost age of barnstorming theatre with palpable affection. And though the play is often wildly funny, there is no mistaking its depth of emotion... Any production of The Dresser stands or falls with its two leading actors, and Hall has found a pair of performers who equal, and perhaps even surpass, the originals.
The Daily Telegraph
The clarity of Harwood's writing, the precision of Hall's production and the humane codependence created by Lyndhurst and Glover get the message over with delicious laughs and an impressive absence of rancour.
The Independent
Lyndhurst complements him perfectly as the faithful Dresser. Lyndhurst gives a masterly performance, precisely nuanced, dryly funny yet most moving. The Financial Times |
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