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It restores Joseph Merrick to the centre of his own story: a man fighting for his right to be and to belong. The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man was first performed at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre, before receiving its European premiere at Nottingham Playhouse in 2023, directed by Stephen Bailey, and supported by a grant from The Royal Theatrical Support Trust.

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The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man. Photograph: Marc Brenner. This, says the young Joseph's father, is "the age of sameness", an industrial society pumping out homogeneous.

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It restores Joseph Merrick to the centre of his own story: a man fighting for his right to be and to belong. The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man was first performed at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre, before receiving its European premiere at Nottingham Playhouse in 2023, directed by Stephen Bailey, and supported by a grant from The Royal Theatrical Support Trust.

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It restores Joseph Merrick to the centre of his own story: a man fighting for his right to be and to belong. The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man was first performed at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre, before receiving its European premiere at Nottingham Playhouse in 2023, directed by Stephen Bailey, and supported by a grant from The Royal Theatrical Support Trust.

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If you think you know the story of The Elephant Man - think again. This is the story of a man fighting for his right to be and to belong.The European premier.

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Following the success of Picnic at Hanging Rock, playwright Tom Wright and director Matthew Lutton reunite to tell the life story of Joseph Merrick. It's impossible to approach a new production.

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The latest Malthouse production casts a knowing eye over previous iterations of Joseph Merrick's story and finds them wanting.

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The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man was first performed at Melbourne's Malthouse Theatre, before receiving its European premiere at Nottingham Playhouse in 2023, directed by Stephen Bailey, and supported by a grant from The Royal Theatrical Support Trust. $24.95

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The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man uses beautiful, poetic text to ask probing questions about work, industrialisation and the value of life. "It's not about inspiration or pity: it's about the reality of how we look at those who are the other. In the current cost of living crisis, it asks if seeing humans solely.

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Joseph Merrick, better known as the Elephant Man, is cast out. He survived circus 'freak shows' and the revulsion of a gawking public for years until a young doctor offered him asylum at the London Hospital in 1879. So began a life of endless observation. But curiosity works both ways, and Merrick returned the horrified gaze of Victorian.

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Title: The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man Author: Wright, Tom Price: $24.99. Arriving from his East Midlands beginnings into a London thick with the grime of industrialisation, Joseph Merrick is an anomaly. In a city of factories that churn out uniformity, there is no place for someone like him.

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Merrick's life has been dramatised in a Tony-award-winning play by Bernard Pomerance (at one point, David Bowie played Merrick) and in the 1980 film by David Lynch (with John Hurt in the title.

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The Real and Imagined History of The Elephant Man is a theatrical Gestalt - a whole greater than the sum of its parts (and these are some very, very talented parts). This show was a gift. Salutations to Ganesha. The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man Merlyn Theatre - The Coopers Malthouse, 113 Sturt Street, Southbank

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A bold re-telling of the Elephant Man story - the man, not the specimen. Nottingham Playhouse announces the cast and creative team for their exciting autumn season headline production, The Real and Imagined History of the Elephant Man. This European premiere of Australian playwright Tom Wright's acclaimed play is a fresh new telling of the story of Joseph Merrick.