BBC RADIO DRAMA: THE DRESSER by Ronald Harwood

The Dresser by Ronald Harwood was broadcast originally on BBC Radio 4 on 29 March 1993. Story: Ronald Harwood’s award-winning play about an actor and his dresser. This was Michael Palin’s first radio drama role. Freddie Jones had taken the role of ‘Sir’ in the very first theatre production at the Royal Exchange in 1980, and then in the West End. Ronald Harwood is said to have based the play on his own experience as a dresser to Sir Donald Wolfit. Story: Sir: Freddie Jones Norman: Michael Palin Her Ladyship: Melinda Walker Madge: Jill Graham Irene: Federay Holmes Mr Thornton: Geoffrey Matthews Mr Oxenby: Keith Drinkel Kent: John Baddeley Gloucester: John Webb Albany: James Telfer Percussion: Roy Sinclair Director: David Blount