Nov 02 - 18 2017
The Dresser by Ronald Harwood

The Dresser by Ronald Harwood

Presented by Birmingham Festival Theatre at Birmingham Festival Theatre

Based on the author’s own experiences as dresser to Sir Donald Wolfit, this bracing, heartbreaking story is an elegy to a by-gone era. Backstage at a theatre in the English provinces during WWII, Sir, the last of the great breed of English actor/managers, is in a bad way tonight, as his dresser Norman tries valiantly to prepare him to go on stage as King Lear. Unsure of his lines as well as whom and where he is supposed to be, Sir is adamantly determined to roar his last. The Dresser is directed by Bethe Ensey and starred by Judd McCluney, Beth Kitchin, Katherine Love, Penny Thomas, Jack Cannon, Mitchell Nash, and Bob Penny.

Admission Info

Tickets are $25 general admission, $15 per person for group of ten, $10 students with valid ID, and the second Thursday is pay-what-you-can ($10 minimum).

Phone: 205-933-2383

Dates & Times

2017/11/02 - 2017/11/18

Additional time info:

There will be a reception following opening night on November 2nd and a forum with the director and cast following the performance on Friday, November 10th.

Location Info

Birmingham Festival Theatre

1901 ½ - 11th Avenue South, Birmingham, AL 35205