{"product_id":"thirty-years-a-dresser-paperback","title":"Thirty Years a Dresser - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDennis Milam Bensie\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDennis Milam Bensie sees himself as way more Thelma Ritter in Mankiewicz's All About Eve than Tom Courtney in Ronald Harwood's harrowing play and movie, The Dresser.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatching \u003cem\u003eThe Tony Awards\u003c\/em\u003e as a teenager in the early 1980s, Bensie knew he wanted to be in theater. He was his own dresser for plays in high school when he learned a career as an actor wasn't for him. Costumes became his calling, at first in summer stock and gradually with union houses, wherever he could find work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA theatrical dresser is expected to be a nurse, psychologist, tailor, personal shopper, magician, bodyguard, maid, scout, and confidant.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThirty Years a Dresser\u003c\/em\u003e is Bensie's third memoir, after \u003cem\u003eShorn: Toys to Men\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOne Gay American\u003c\/em\u003e. His stories involve behind-the-scenes dish and drama during a wide range of productions: from \u003cem\u003eMetamorphoses\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Light in the Piazza\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eRomy and Michele's High School Reunion--The Musical\u003c\/em\u003e to \u003cem\u003eThe Sound of Music\u003c\/em\u003e (three times). The author's backstage stories feature such stars as Lynn Redgrave, Rosie O'Donnell, Freddy Kruger's mother, and a Tony Award winner who shall remain nameless.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.55 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47186705088761,"sku":"9781736282236","price":17.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cms4VmxZVG1iVG0wQjAwVHY3NnpjUT09.webp?v=1767845230","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/thirty-years-a-dresser-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}