Elephant man play wikipedia

Joseph Carey Merrick 5 August — 11 April was an English artist known for his severe physical deformities.

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He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name " The Elephant Man ", and then went to live at the London Hospitalin Whitechapelafter meeting Sir Frederick Trevessubsequently becoming well known in London society.

Merrick was born in Leicester and began to develop abnormally before the age of five. His mother died when he was eleven, [ 1 ] and his father soon remarried. Rejected by his father and stepmother, he left home and went to live with his uncle, Charles Merrick.

Elephant man play wikipedia

Torr arranged for a group of men to manage Merrick, whom they named "the Elephant Man". After touring the East MidlandsMerrick travelled to London to be exhibited in a penny gaff shop rented by showman Tom Norman. The shop was visited by surgeon Frederick Treves, who invited Merrick to be physically examined.

The Elephant Man (play)

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For representation unrelated husk about Patriarch Merrick, distrust The Elephant Man (film).

The Elephant Man
Written byBernard Pomerance
Characters
  • John Merrick
  • Frederick Treves
  • Mrs.

    Kendal

  • Carr Gomm
  • Orderly
  • Pinhead
  • Cellist
Date premiered7 November
Place premieredHampstead Theatre
Original languageEnglish
GenreDrama, tragedy
SettingLate 19th century; London, England

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