In a touring Shakespearean theater group, a backstage hand - the dresser - is devoted to the brilliant but tyrannical head of the company. He struggles to support the deteriorating star as the company struggles to carry on during the London Blitz. The pathos of his backstage efforts rival the pathos in the story of Lear and the Fool that is being presented on-stage, as the situation comes to a crisis.
as Sir
as Norman
as Oxenby
as Her Ladyship
as Madge
as Frank Carrington
as Irene
as Violet Manning
as Lydia Gibson
as Geoffrey Thornton
as Mr. Godstone
as Horace Brown
as Benton
as Beryl
as C. Rivers Lane
as Miss White
as Mr. Bottomley
as Bombazine Woman
as Charles
as Evelyn the Airman
as Evelyn's Friend
as Actress on Station
as Arthur
as Electrician
as Stallkeeper
as Barmaid
as Train Guard
as Man at Station (uncredited)
