The Elephant Man

play by Pomerance

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Cooper

  • Bradley Cooper
    In Bradley Cooper

    …Broadway revival of Bernard Pomerance’s The Elephant Man. His bravura performance in the physically challenging role earned him a Tony Award nomination. Cooper continued with the production when it moved to London in May 2015. That year he also reprised his role (although as a younger version of his 2001…

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Merrick

  • Joseph Merrick
    In Joseph Merrick

    A play about Merrick, The Elephant Man, by Bernard Pomerance, appeared in 1979; an unrelated motion picture based on Merrick’s life, directed by David Lynch and with John Hurt playing Merrick, was released in 1980.

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