It was nominated for eight Oscars (and was unlucky not to win Best Actor for John Hurt ... of the elephant man, and took Merrick’s skeleton out of the London Hospital Museum in order to study ...
The play is about the cruelty Merrick endures as the sideshow freak dubbed “Elephant Man,” and the compassion he receives from the more open-hearted souls in his orbit. “The Elephant Man” won the Tony ...