John Hurt as Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man Credit: Images Press Other performers soon joined the cast, including Hopkins – then a respected British character actor rather than an Oscar ...

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 ...

Set in Victorian London, The Elephant Man is a compelling drama which explores the heights and depths of human emotion through the true story of the famous historical figure, John Merrick.

I am not an animal. I am a human being. I am a man,” John Hurt screams late in The Elephant Man while being chased by a mob.

from the pathos of John Merrick in The Elephant Man to the schlock-horror of having a creature burst out of his stomach in Alien. In 2016 he won the Outstanding Contribution to radio drama at the ...

The Elephant Man - Poignant drama starring John Hurt as John Merrick.Born in Victorian England with a disfiguring disease and doomed to a grim existence, hope springs when someone shows pity on ...