Guess where Palm Beach Dramaworks is located.
Palm Beach.
Actually West Palm Beach in the great state of Florida. The Sunshine State as it’s known.
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About six years ago Bill Hayes, the producing artistic director started talking about doing a 20th year anniversary production of The Dresser by Ronald Harwood.
Remember The Dresser? – 1983 film with Tom Courtenay and Albert Finney following huge success in London and New York.
TV film 2015 with Ian McKellen and Anthony Hopkins.
A love letter to the British backstage in the early years of the Second World War when all the able-bodied had left to fight. – Not for the first time …
“And leave your England, as dead midnight still, Guarded with grandsires, babies and old women …”
Henry V, Act III prologue – Shakespeare.
What with the pandemic interfering, there will now be a 25th year anniversary production, and in a few weeks rehearsals will begin.
That’s Bill Hayes as Norman (The Dresser) placing the crown on the hairy guy (Me) who is getting ready to play King Lear.
Palmbeachdramaworks.org for tickets Dec 18th thru Jan 5th