'THE DRESSER' BBC MOVIE STARRING IAN MCKELLEN AND ANTHONY HOPKINS

STARRING IAN MCKELLEN AND ANTHONY HOPKINS

Hallow's Eve is closing up and with it the airing date of BBC Two's new TV movie THE DRESSER withIan McKellen andAnthony Hopkins, which will also air later at Starz! The two of them are working together for the first time in the movie based on the famous play which tells the story of one fateful night in a small regional theatre during World War Two as a troupe of touring actors stage a production of Shakespeare’s King Lear. Bombs are falling, the sirens are wailing, the curtain is up in an hour but the actor Sir who is playing Lear is nowhere to be seen. His dresser Norman must scramble to keep the production alive but will Sir turn up in time and if he does will he be able to perform that night? Emily Watson is also in the cast!