The Dresser

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Archive Listings for The Dresser

T493117774 (CARRIAGEWORKS10) Producer Leeds Arts Centre.
14 Apr 10 to 17 Apr 10	The Carriageworks, Leeds :: V1666392263 listing details L1349286817
T0633422487 (TOWER08) Company Tower Theatre Company. Director Pat Grosse.
28 Oct 08 to 1 Nov 08	Bridewell Theatre, Inner London :: V171 listing details L1534671880
T293981125 (WATFORDPAL08) Producer Watford Palace. Director Di Trevis. Design Ashley Martin-Davis. Musical Director Dominic Muldowney. Lighting Ben Ormerod. Director Shona Morris (movement). Director Siobhan Bracke (casting). Performer Graham Turner (Norman). Performer Sarah Berger (Her Ladyship). Performer Penelope Beaumont (Madge). Performer Robin Hooper (Geoffrey). Performer Sasha Higgins (Irene). Performer Christopher Kelham (Mr Oxenby).
4 Sep 08 to 27 Sep 08	Watford Palace Theatre, Watford :: V55 listing details L0542656397
Cancelled - T138807985
20 May 08 to 24 May 08	Greenwich Theatre, Outer London :: V308 listing details L01381896927
22 Apr 08 to 26 Apr 08	Devonshire Park Theatre, Eastbourne :: V665 listing details L01610934755
9 Apr 08 to 12 Apr 08	Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke :: V764 listing details L1455484687
11 Mar 08 to 15 Mar 08	New Wolsey Theatre, Ipswich :: V81 listing details L63865466
4 Mar 08 to 8 Mar 08	Coliseum Theatre, Oldham :: V497 listing details L01222503492
26 Feb 08 to 1 Mar 08	Theatre Royal, Bury St Edmunds :: V76 listing details L1933491013
20 Feb 08 to 23 Feb 08	The Riverfront, Newport :: V088145899 listing details L01339096830
T01846265888 (OFS07) Company Oxford Theatre Guild.
4 Dec 07 to 8 Dec 07	OFS Studio (previously known as Old Fire Station Theatre), Oxford :: V800 listing details L0258569797
T01816574624 (PHOENIX07) Company Phoenix Players.
7 Mar 07 to 9 Mar 07	St Donats Arts Centre, Cardiff :: V828 listing details L01152795333
T1402486496 (TRBRIGHT04/5) Producer Theatre Royal Bath. Director Peter Hall. Design Simon Higlett. Lighting Paul Pyant. Performer Nicholas Lyndhurst. Performer Julian Glover.
22 Feb 05 to 14 May 05	Duke of York's Theatre, West End :: V392 listing details L999173133
14 Feb 05 to 19 Feb 05	New Theatre, Cardiff :: V823 listing details L01228360635
7 Feb 05 to 12 Feb 05	Everyman Theatre, Cheltenham :: V90 listing details L2096974549
31 Jan 05 to 5 Feb 05	Milton Keynes Theatre, Milton Keynes :: V754 listing details L02118600826
29 Nov 04 to 4 Dec 04	Richmond Theatre, Outer London :: V327 listing details L2010880145
22 Nov 04 to 27 Nov 04	Theatre Royal, Bath :: V854 listing details L02113645821
15 Nov 04 to 20 Nov 04	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford :: V702 listing details L2028170211
8 Nov 04 to 13 Nov 04	Theatre Royal, Brighton :: V657 listing details L935201979
2 Nov 04 to 6 Nov 04	Theatre Royal, Norwich :: V72 listing details L01927568318
T01102436393 (WICK03) Company Wick Theatre Company.
8 Oct 03 to 11 Oct 03	Barn Theatre, Southwick :: V0937418074 listing details L0822537490
T776824718 (NEWVEN03) Company New Venture Players.
2 Oct 03 to 4 Oct 03	Brentwood Theatre, Brentwood :: V1024 listing details L01924545823
T0216930268 (MAIDEN03) A rehearsed readingCompany Maidenhead Drama Guild.
6 Mar 03	Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Maidenhead :: V1294444431 listing details L02139567729
T1099759261 (PRIORY02) Company Priory Players.
11 Jul 02 to 13 Jul 02	The Maltings, Berwick-on-Tweed :: V986 listing details L01859365236
T01077772388 (STPET01) Company St Peter's Hill Players.
14 Nov 01 to 17 Nov 01	Guildhall Arts Centre, Grantham :: V447 listing details L01744625177
T0330687254 (BRIT01) Company British Actors Theatre Company. Director Knight Mantell. Design Dickon O'Mara. Lighting Dickon O'Mara. Performer Ian Lavender. Performer Michael Stroud. Performer Vivien Heibron. Performer Genevieve Walsh. Performer Hubert Rees. Performer Melody Schroeder. Performer Edward Corey.
18 Sep 01 to 22 Sep 01	Brewhouse Theatre and Arts Centre, Taunton :: V918 listing details L0612392147
T02089424674 (ACTOR01) Company The Actors Workshop.
4 Jun 01 to 5 Jun 01	The Rondo, Bath :: V855 listing details L088478863
T01139769045 (RICH00) Company The Richmond Shakespeare Society. Director Rodney Figaro.
14 Sep 00 to 16 Sep 00	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford :: V702 listing details L01070147054
Other listings
2 Apr 01 to 7 Apr 01	Garrick Playhouse, Altrincham :: V477 listing details L1543757359
9 Sep 99	Lyttelton (National Theatre), West End :: V374 listing details L779087407
9 May 98 to 16 May 98	Questor's Theatre, Outer London :: V326 listing details L01754464633
2 Sep 97 to 6 Sep 97	Grand Theatre, Swansea :: V831 listing details L110800390
15 Apr 97 to 19 Apr 97	Hull Truck Theatre, Hull :: V935 listing details L02084849864

Details

Play :: In a war-torn provincial theatre an ageing actor manager, known to his loyal acting company as 'Sir', is struggling to keep a grip on his sanity and complete his two hundred and twenty-seventh performance of King Lear. Thanks to the efforts of Herr Hitler, all the able-bodied actors are in uniform and bombs are destroying theatres across the country, but 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. Inspired by the memories of his years working as Donald Wolfit's dresser, Ronald Harwood's evocative, perceptive and hilarious portrait of backstage life is one of the most acclaimed dramas of modern theatre.

Author

Ronald Harwood