The DresserSamuel French, Inc., 1982 - 95 pagine One fateful night in a small English regional theatre during World War II, a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeare's "King Lear." Bombs are falling, sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor/manager "Sir" who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser "Norman" must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time? And if he does, will he be able to perform that night? |
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actor air-raid ALBANY Applause Attend the Lords beard blackout bloody bomb Bonzo Brown Burberry Colwyn Bay Contd Cordelia corridor Corsican Brothers costume cracks cue light curtain Davenport-Scott doctor door DRESSER dressing table ducky Edmund exercise book Fool Full House Gas Mantles gas ring GEOFFREY THORNTON GLOUCESTER hands hate the swines helps SIR howl KENT kettle King Lear LADYSHIP enters laugh little tiny wit Long pause Lords of France Louder lovely MADGE goes MADGE knocks Michael Codron mind my saying never night NORMAN Number OXENBY Oxenby's paint plaster previous shows Pussy RACHEL GURNEY remember RONALD HARWOOD Royal Exchange Theatre Silence SIR applies SIR looks SIR sits stage stands storm scene Struggle and survival suddenly switches tell Sir Thank Theatre There's thought Thunder sheet timpani TOM COURTENAY tonight triple crown understudy wait What's wind machine wings Wrong play