Overview
Character Name
John Merrick
Show
Gender
Male
Playing Age
Young Adult, Adult
Role Size
Lead
Dancing
Non Dancer
Voice
Spoken
Time & Place
1884-1890, london, belgium
Analysis
Merrick was a perfectly normal child until the age of three, but grew to be so disfigured and distorted that he came to be known as the Elephant Man. “In an autobiographical note which appeared on the reverse side of his freak show pamphlet, Merrick noted that his deformity
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