The Elephant Man

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Archive Listings for The Elephant Man

T888320642 (REPSTOKE10) Director Geoff Legan. Performer Jim Freeman (Merrick). Performer John Wicks (Treves). Performer Caroline Keen. Performer Louis Sassi. Performer John Collier. Performer Lee Birkin. Performer Tom Pear. Performer Olivia Birkin. Performer Dawn Birks. Performer Kate Lindsay.
15 Mar 10 to 20 Mar 10	Repertory Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent :: V123 listing details L1157228069
T863220248 (DUNDEEREP09) Company Dundee Rep Ensemble. Performer Robin Laing. Performer Duncan Anderson. Performer Robert Paterson.
17 Oct 09 to 31 Oct 09	Dundee Repertory Theatre, Dundee :: V596 listing details L1007405972
T98534258 (TRWAKEFIELD09) Company Ilkley Players.
25 May 09	Theatre Royal and Opera House, Wakefield :: V979 listing details L02006974251
T01495535131 (BROADWAY08) Director Cameron Jack. Performer Phillip Stewart. Performer Simon Boughey. Performer Melissa Franklin. Performer Keith Parry. Performer Catherine manford. Performer Patrick Monagran. Performer Darren Munn.
8 Oct 08 to 2 Nov 08	The Broadway Theatre, Outer London :: V314 listing details L839193188
T0586547163 (CRESCENT08) Producer Birmingham Theatre School (Graduation Show 2008). Director Lisa Tremarco.
16 Jul 08 to 19 Jul 08	Crescent Theatre, Birmingham :: V144 listing details L0952722636
T01359858685 (YVONNE07) Company Proteus. Adapted by Mary Swan. Adapted by Saul Jaffe. Director Mary Swan. Design Sam Pine. Music Paul Wild. Choreographer Lorraine Moynighan (aerial choregraphy). Performer Saul Jaffe.
29 Apr 08 to 30 Apr 08	Greenwich Theatre, Outer London :: V308 listing details L136547315
24 Apr 08 to 25 Apr 08	Haymarket Theatre, Basingstoke :: V764 listing details L0677329076
19 Apr 07 to 22 Apr 07	Chat's Palace, Outer London :: V301 listing details L01170150428
13 Apr 07 to 14 Apr 07	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford :: V702 listing details L0857344598
T1971315329 (SHEFFIELD08) Producer Sheffield Theatres. Director Ellie Jones. Design Ellen Cairns. Sound Dominic Haslam. Lighting Oliver Fenwick. Performer Joe Duttine. Performer Antony Byrne. Performer Clive Hayward. Performer paul Moriarty. Performer Sarah Belcher. Performer Catherine Kanter. Performer Jack Bennett. Performer Jamie Bower. Performer Howard Gossington.
1 Apr 08 to 5 Apr 08	Richmond Theatre, Outer London :: V327 listing details L01955496112
25 Mar 08 to 29 Mar 08	Hackney Empire, Outer London :: V309 listing details L0267516718
11 Mar 08 to 15 Mar 08	Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold :: V810 listing details L01255174707
21 Feb 08 to 8 Mar 08	Lyceum Theatre, Sheffield :: V962 listing details L741047424
T1182726289 (TRAF07) Producer Ashley Herman. Producer Sean Sweeney. Company Creative First Productions. Director Bruce Guthrie. Design Natalie Powell. Music Fabricio Brachetta. Performer Marc Pickering (Merrick). Performer Ayden Callaghan (Treaves). Performer Leon Bearman. Performer Katie Bonna. Performer Ronald Fernee. Performer Stephen McGill. Performer Jennifer Taylor.
4 Apr 07 to 5 May 07	Trafalgar Studios (previously the Whitehall), West End :: V420 listing details L258753510
26 Mar 07 to 30 Mar 07	New Wimbledon Theatre, Outer London :: V341 listing details L1779728447
T21514821 (DUKES07) Company Dukes Youth Theatre.
15 Mar 07 to 17 Mar 07	The Dukes, Lancaster :: V523 listing details L1726054868
T1534492483 (HARL05) Producer Harlequin Players. Director Jon Kerr. Director John Brotherhood (assistant). Costume Julie Stacey. Performer Matt Lambert (Dr Frederick Treves). Performer Ben Brundson (John Merrick). Performer Mike Melville. Performer John Smith. Performer Kim Watts. Performer David Norwood. Performer Sue Curran. Performer Amanda Couzens. Performer Karen Norwood. Performer Maureen Melville.
26 Oct 05 to 29 Oct 05	Harlequin Theatre, Northwich :: V474 listing details L01164277220
T0858488934 (CRAGRATS05) Company CragRats Theatre. Performer Alex Jacobs. Performer Paul Smith. Performer Rachel Cartwright.
1 Sep 05 to 24 Sep 05	Cragrats Theatre, Huddersfield :: V097518358 listing details L1939893917
T1172916024 (TOWER05) Company Tower Theatre.
10 May 05 to 14 May 05	Bridewell Theatre, Inner London :: V171 listing details L0986774157
T1849472681 (UNION04) Company Sincera Productions.
2 Aug 04 to 6 Aug 04	Union Theatre, Inner London :: V1167 listing details L02003277877
T1077271786 (HITANDRUN04) Company Hit and Run Theatre Company.
17 Mar 04 to 20 Mar 04	The Hawth, Crawley :: V720 listing details L1748132653
T1707053352 (CORPUS02) Company Corpus Christi Amateur Dramatic Society.
27 Feb 02 to 2 Mar 02	Third Floor Arts Centre, Portsmouth :: V772 listing details L01641997021
T117311774 (BAWDS01) Company Bawds.
27 Mar 01 to 31 Mar 01	ADC Theatre, Cambridge :: V18 listing details L875361457
T1612105315 (OFFCEN00) Company Offcentre Theatre Company. Director Victoria Jukes.
18 Oct 00 to 21 Oct 00	Yvonne Arnaud Theatre, Guildford :: V702 listing details L01344147670
T0275888938 (MADD00) Company The Maddermarket Theatre Company.
27 Jul 00 to 5 Aug 00	The Maddermarket, Norwich :: V71 listing details L258201169
T0642776502 (SWAN00) Company Swan Theatre Company. Director Marcus Romer. Design Dawn Allsopp. Lighting James Farncombe. Music Sandy Nuttgens. Performer Philip Dinsdale. Performer Barbara Dryhurst. Performer Francis Jameson. Performer Neville Hutton. Performer Olwen May. Performer Clive Moore. Performer Jeffrey Robert.
23 Mar 00 to 8 Apr 00	Swan Theatre, Worcester :: V107 listing details L01876239859
T1485002372 (SS99) Company Side Show Theatre Company.
16 Jun 99 to 19 Jun 99	Kenneth More Theatre, Outer London :: V313 listing details L759138762
T02068313026 (MT97) Company Mainbrace Theatre. Director Rys Thomas.
4 Mar 97 to 30 Mar 97	Brockley Jack Studio Theatre, Outer London :: V299 listing details L1152642834
T140490785 (GRP97) Company Group 64.
4 Feb 97 to 8 Feb 97	Putney Arts Theatre, Outer London :: V363 listing details L1147482824
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12 Jun 03 to 14 Jun 03	Playhouse, Salisbury :: V923 listing details L077079571

Details

Play :: 'John Merrick has no hope nor expectation of relief. In every sense his situation is desperate. His physical agony is exceeded only by his mental anguish, a despised creature without consolation.' The Elephant Man is the moving portrayal of John Merrick. Hideously deformed at birth by a rare disease and later used as a freak attraction by nineteenth-century circus owners, Merrick is befriended by a young doctor named Dreves, who provides him with a home at the London Hospital. Here Merrick undergoes a painful self-analysis that strips bare Victorian preconceptions about normality and the parameters of faith. Even those who love him can't help him from his horrible affliction. A raging success both in Britain and on Broadway, the play sparked huge interest in its subject and led to the 1980 film starring John Hurt and Anthony Hopkins. The Elephant Man was first produced in 1977 at the Hampstead Theatre, with David Schofield in the title role.

Author

Bernard Pomerance