The Elephant Man: A Play Bernard Pomerance
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

"The Elephant Man" plays at Randall Theatre Company through April 7. No makeup or prosthesis are used on the actor portraying Merrick. As a play “The Elephant Man” approached the matter of this severely deformed individual from a fascinating perspective. First up, the 1980 Victorian morality play The Elephant Man starring Anthony Hopkins and John Hurt, followed up by our review of The Straight Story from 1999. The Elephant Man is now playing at the Cameo Theatre through April 7th. The Winner of 1979 Tony Award for Best Play has arrived in San Antonio. Being horribly disfigured and forced into carnival freak shows, the play picks up with Merrick coming into the custody of a doctor who tries to shelter him from his difficult circumstances. "The Elephant Man," the award-winning 1977 play by Bernard Pomerance, is a tour de force for its lead actor. The Elephant Man, by Bernard Pomerance opens at the Kiwanis Theatre on Thursday, Feb. Set in London 1884, Brigham Young University's production of The Elephant Man creatively recounts the story of John Merrick, better known to history as the Elephant Man. 4 and runs until Saturday, Feb. This theme could not have been better expressed and displayed than in the play, The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance. Called (what else?) “The Elephant Man,” it won the Tony for best play that year. There was a play written about the famed Elephant Man, written by Bernard Pomerance in 1979. After a brilliant set at City Hall Presents summer concert series, Cheers Elephant will play a few more local shows this summer — stopping at MilkBoy on July 20th and participating in the second annual Brandywine Folk Festival on August 24th. Performances are Friday and Saturday nights with a matinee on Sunday. €The Elephant Man,” set in the Victorian era, is based on the true life story of Joseph Merrick, a man born with extreme physical deformations caused by a congenital disorder.