Performing at the Kiwanis Theatre, February 6-8, 2020.
Performances start at 7:30 pm.
Based on the author’s own experiences as dresser to Sir Donald Wolfit, this bracing, heartbreaking drama 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 who and where he is supposed to be, Sir is adamantly determined to roar his last. With Herculean effort on the part of Norman, Sir finally makes it on stage and through the performance no thanks to an air raid courtesy of the Luftwaffe.
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Tickets are available from CKTickets.com, calling 519-354-8338, visiting the Box Office at 238 King St. W, Chatham, or in the Kiwanis Theatre lobby starting at 7pm the night of the performance. Click below for more details.
“The Dresser” is presented by special arrangement from SAMUEL FRENCH, INC.