The Dresser #FilmReview #BriFri

Today is St. Stephen's Day in Western Christianity and the 416th anniversary of the first performance of King Lear by William Shakespeare. This seems like a good day to review The Dresser, a made-for-TV film about the backstage happenings during a touring performance of King Lear.

I'm surely not the only person to have felt special connections to Shakespeare's plays at different points in my life. Romeo and Juliet taught me not to be stupid about love when I was young. Macbeth taught me not to be stupid about ...