By Ronald Harwood: A SAMUEL FRENCH, LTD. TITLE – Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 3w, 4m
Directed By: Ian Pratley
“Sir, the last of the great, but dying, breed of English actor-managers, is in a very bad way tonight. As his dresser tries valiantly to prepare him to go on stage as King Lear, Sir is having great difficulty remembering who and where he is, let alone Lear’s lines. With a Herculean effort on the part of Norman, the dresser. Does Norman get sir on stage? Will he remember his lines and make it through the performance?“