Ian McKellen plays Norman, the hard-pressed dresser for Anthony Hopkins’ Sir in the Starz presentation, The Dresser. During a Nazi bombing, a small theatre company is about to live up to the old saying, the show must go on, with their nightly performance of King Lear. Only Sir, their Lear has wandered off – leaving […]
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The Dresser: Starz’s First TV Movie To Premiere In May!
Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins star in Starz’s first made for television movie, The Dresser – which tells the story of one fateful night, backstage in a small regional theatre during World War II as a troupe of touring actors stages a production of Shakespeare’s King Lear. The Dresser will premiere on Monday, May 30th (9/8C). […]
Hopkins and McKellen Together For The First time For Starz’s The Dresser!
Production has begun on the Starz/BBC Co-Production of The Dresser – one of the great plays about life in the theater. The Dresser stars, Anthony Hopkins and Ian McKellen, are working together for the first time. The Dresser takes place during one night during WWII. Bombs are falling but a certain theater company is anxious for […]