http://thevillagebookshop.ie Tue, 31 Oct 2017 14:49:51 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.15 http://thevillagebookshop.ie/index.php/product/the-elephant-man-a-play-by-bernard-pomerance/ http://thevillagebookshop.ie/index.php/product/the-elephant-man-a-play-by-bernard-pomerance/#comments Fri, 21 Jun 2013 14:19:36 +0000 http://thevillagebookshop.ie/?post_type=product&p=137 ]]> “The Elephant Man” is based on the life of John Merrick, who lived in London during the latter part of the nineteenth century. A horribly deformed young man, who has been a freak attraction in traveling side shows, is found abandoned and helpless and is admitted for observation to Whitechapel, a prestigious London hospital. Under the care of a famous young doctor, who educates him and introduces him to London society, Merrick changes from a sensational object of pity to the urbane and witty favorite of the aristocracy and literati. But his belief that he can become a man like any other is a dream never to be realized.

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