
Aldo Billingslea as John Merrick
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A STUNNING DRAMA

By Bernard Pomerance
Directed by Robert Kelley
Tony Award/New York Drama Critics Circle Award Best Play 1979
June 20 - July 15, 2007
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts |
Winner of every major award for drama, this enthralling, ravishingly theatrical play chronicles the life of John Merrick, the deformed 19th century carnival attraction who became an urbane and clever favorite of Victorian society. His dream of recognition as a man like any other propels a quest for acceptance and equality that touches the heart of the human experience. Portrayed without makeup or device, the Elephant Man is one of the epic characters of contemporary theatre. Brief partial nudity.
"MORE THAN A TOUR DE FORCE...vividly staged, sharply performed"
San Francisco Chronicle
"PERFECTION"
San Jose Mercury News
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