Final Show For Thame Players Stalwart

ONE of Thame Players’ longest serving actors is about to bow out in style, when he take the role of ‘Sir’ in Ronald Harwood’s play, The Dresser.
70 year-old David Bright has been acting for 40 years and has now decided to call it a day. But not before going out in a blaze of glory.
In ‘The Dresser’ he will play the part of an aging Shakespearean actor leading a troupe of actors touring the provinces in 1942. David has always seized the chance to play the Bard?s great parts, as well as other more contemporary classic roles. In this play he gets the chance to do both – as ‘Sir’ prepares for his 227th performance of King Lear.
The dresser in the title is Norman, who has for many years been constantly by Sir?s side to prepare him in whatever way is necessary for his next performance. Very much at the weary end of his career, Sir needs all the persuasion and cajoling Norman can provide to get on stage.

The Dresser is based on Ronald Harwood?s own experience as dresser to Sir Donald Wolfit, one of the last great actor/managers. Although Harwood wrote many other plays, The Dresser is undoubtedly his finest work and the play is being performed by Thame Players at The Players Theatre in Nelson Street, Thame, between Tuesday, Septemer 11 and Saturday, 15, at 7.45pm each evening. Tickets cost between