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.

Lynch’s 1980 film The Elephant Man, based on the real-life story of Joseph Merrick, is unusual in his career for many reasons. It is a period drama based on a true story, set in Victorian ...

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 ...