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[[Image:CHANGETHISNAME.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Poster Designer]]]]
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[[Image:ELEPHANTMANWEB.jpg|thumb|300px|Poster by [[Maria Bates]]]]
  
by [[Bernard Pommerance]]
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by [[Bernard Pomerance]]
  
 
Directed by [[Anton Krause]]  
 
Directed by [[Anton Krause]]  
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This touching and sensitive play garnered numerous awards both in London and New York when first produced in 1979. Very different from the famous film version with John Hurt, Merrick is portrayed with no prosthetics or make-up whatsoever.
 
This touching and sensitive play garnered numerous awards both in London and New York when first produced in 1979. Very different from the famous film version with John Hurt, Merrick is portrayed with no prosthetics or make-up whatsoever.
 
== Auditions ==
 
 
*Sunday 11th May, 6-8pm ([[Rehearsal Room]])
 
*Monday 12th May, 8-10pm ([[Prompt Corner]])
 
*Tuesday 13th May, 8-10pm ([[Bell Theatre]])
 
  
 
== Cast ==
 
== Cast ==
  
* '''John Merrick''' - Despite having spent the majority of his life in either a workhouse or freak-show Merrick is charming and witty with an almost child-like sense of wonder. This is a demanding and physical part as Merrick’s deformities are all portrayed without make-up. Twenties –thirties.
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*Joseph Carey Merrick - [[Andy Davies]]
 
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*Dr Frederick Treves, Belgian Policeman - [[Gerard Johnson]]
* '''Dr Fredrick Treves''' - The surgeon and teacher at The London Hospital who rescues Merrick from his life in the freak-show. Initially a rigid and uncompromising Victorian gentleman he finds his life and outlook changed by his association with Merrick. Early thirties.
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*Mrs Kendal, Countess, Pinhead - [[Caroline Doyle]]
 
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*Carr Gomm, Conductor - [[Michael Wilson]]
* '''Mrs Kendal''' - An actress who befriends Merrick, she is not at all repulsed by his physical appearance and makes frequent visits, becoming an important part of his life. Twenties-late thirties.<br>
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*Ross, Bishop Walsham How, Snork - [[Matthew Lyne]]
''NOTE: Some partial nudity is required for this part. This will be sensitively handled but is essential.''
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*Pinhead, Duchess, Nurse Sandwich - [[Emma Howcutt]]
 
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*Pinhead Manager, English Policeman, Porter, Lord John - [[David Ewings]]
* '''Carr Gomm''' - The administrator of the London Hospital where Merrick is housed. Middle aged.
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*Pinhead, Princess Alexandra  - [[Linda East]]
 
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*Juggler - [[Anton Krause]]
* '''Ross''' - Manager of ‘The Elephant Man’ freak-show, he seeks only to profit from Merrick’s deformities. Age flexible.
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*Hospital book keeper, pedestrian and tourist - [[Stuart Grimwood]]
 
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*Hospital porter, pedestrian, tourist and voice of some dignitary or other at a medical institute - [[James Hough]]
* '''Snork''' - a hospital porter
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* '''Miss Sandwich''' - a nurse
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* '''Pinheads''' - Three circus freaks. Doubled with the other female characters.
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* Bishop Walsham How, Duchess, Countess, Lord John, Conductor, Policeman. Members of London society and other sundry characters.
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== Crew ==
 
== Crew ==
  
*Stage Manager - [[SM Name]]
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*Assistant Director - [[Kat Moody]]
*Lighting Design - [[Designer Name]]
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*Stage Manager - [[Jane Moorhead]]
*Lighting Operator - [[Operator Name]]
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*Set Design - [[Alan Buckman]]
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*Lighting Design - [[Mike Elliott]]
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*Composer and Sound Design - [[Gerard Johnson]]
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*Costume - [[Hannah Gabrielle]]
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*Lighting Operator - [[Sarah Farage]]
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*Sound Operator - [[Bob Callender]]
  
 
== Reviews ==
 
== Reviews ==
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Or add anything that is related ''within this site''.  The author's page for instance or other plays with a similar theme.
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* [[The Elephant Man (1984)]]
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* [[The Elephant Man (2023)]]
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==

Latest revision as of 08:14, 24 March 2023

Poster by Maria Bates

by Bernard Pomerance

Directed by Anton Krause

Performances: Tue 2nd – Sat 6th September 2008, Bell Theatre


Introduction

The true story of Joseph ‘John’ Merrick, born with hideous physical deformities into a Victorian Britain which in turns spurned and exploited him. The play opens with Merrick being exhibited to gawping strangers as a circus freak and moves on to tell of his relationship with Dr Frederick Treves who takes him in and cares for him at the London Hospital. Treves soon finds that there is a sensitive and intelligent human spirit beneath the horrifying exterior and introduces Merrick to the great and the good of Victorian society. But is he simply exhibiting him to a new set of thrill seekers?

This touching and sensitive play garnered numerous awards both in London and New York when first produced in 1979. Very different from the famous film version with John Hurt, Merrick is portrayed with no prosthetics or make-up whatsoever.

Cast

Crew

Reviews

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Gallery

Reminiscences and Anecdotes

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See Also

References

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