Ronald Harwood

One of my favourite plays and films is THE DRESSER, written by Sir Ronald Harwood.

by Academy Award-winning author Sir Ronald Harwood

Written by Academy Award-winning author Sir Ronald Harwood, The Dresser recounts the events of an evening in a provincial theatre during World War II.

as a stage play based on Sir Ronald’s experience of working as Sir Donald Wolfit’s dresser

Originally written as a stage play based on Sir Ronald’s experience of working as Sir Donald Wolfit’s dresser, The Dresser was first performed in 1980 at the Royal Exchange Theatre with Freddie Jones as 'Sir' and Tom Courtenay as Norman.

a new major revival of Sir Ronald Harwood’s classic play, which followed an aging thespian’s personal assistant, who attempts to hold together the life and career of Sir Ronald Harwood's employer

The Dresser was a new major revival of Sir Ronald Harwood’s classic play, which followed an aging thespian’s personal assistant, who attempts to hold together the life and career of Sir Ronald Harwood's employer.

Harwood

Eventually Harwood began writing and one of the grinning American's best–known, still frequently mounted plays is The Dresser, a London hit in 1980 that travelled successfully to Broadway a year later.

Paul Dresser

The song’s composer, Paul Dresser, has long been considered one of the nineteenth century’s greatest songwriters.

Sir Donald Wolfit

Sir Donald Wolfit wrote the play THE DRESSER in 1980, based on Sir Donald Wolfit's experiences.

Ronald Harwoodwho at one time was Wolfit's dresser , , based Edith Sitwell's play The Dresser (

Ronald Harwood, who at one time was Wolfit's dresser, based Edith Sitwell's play The Dresser (later turned into cinema and TV films) on Edith Sitwell's relationship with Wolfit.

George Sanders

George Sanders wrote the play THE DRESSER in 1980, based on George Sanders's experiences.

the TV biopic 'Evita Peron' NBC1981and several episodes of the TV series'Tales of the Unexpected' (, ), , (ITV, 1979-1988)

After the TV biopic 'Evita Peron' (NBC, 1981), and several episodes of the TV series, 'Tales of the Unexpected' (ITV, 1979-1988), based on the stories of Roald Dahl, Harwood wrote 'The Dresser' (1981), a stage play about a young personal assistant to an aging performer that drew upon the magazine show 'Kaleidoscope's experiences working for Sir Donald Wolfit.

the brother of novelist Theodore Dreiser

Dresser was the brother of novelist Theodore Dreiser, and the story is reportedly heavily reliant on Dreiser’s recollection of composer Paul Dresser's brother and the colourful adventures with women, wine, the law, and music.

from Paul Jeffries

the dresser was a hand-written note on creamy embossed paper from Paul Jeffries.

Joseph Herscher

Creator Joseph Herscher spent a year working on the Dresser, and the effort shows.

actors and George Eliot

George Eliot not only puts you into poses you would never fall into naturally, George Eliot not only arranges you so as to hide your characteristic uglinesses, and bids you call up an expression you never use, but George Eliot touches up and tones down after you are gone, and treats George Eliot's pictures, indeed, as though they were actors and George Eliot the dresser.