The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man by Wright, Tom

The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781839042508)

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The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man by Wright, Tom

The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man

$22.95
The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man by Wright, Tom

The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man

$22.95
Format: Paperback
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Arriving from his East Midlands beginnings into a London thick with the grime of industrialization, Joseph Merrick is an anomaly. In a city of factories that churn out uniformity, there is no place for someone like him.

But Merrick and the city are evolving into something new. We follow him through the workhouse, the freak show and the hospital, as he searches for acceptance in a society that just wants to stare at him.

Powerful, angry and surprising, Tom Wright's acclaimed play imagines an alternative history of the person who came to be known as 'the Elephant Man'. It restores Joseph Merrick to the center 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.



Author: Tom Wright
ISBN-10: 1839042508
ISBN-13: 9781839042508
Publisher: Nick Hern Books
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2024
Pages: 72
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.20lbs
Size: 7.70h x 4.90w x 0.30d
By Tom Wright
By Tom Wright
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Tom Wright is an Australian theatre writer, mostly known for his adaptations and translations. He was born and educated in Melbourne. He was a member of Barrie Kosky's Gilgul Theatre in the 1990s, was Associate Director of Sydney Theatre Company 2004-2012, and is currently Associate Artist at Belvoir, Sydney.

His plays and adaptations include The Real & Imagined History of the Elephant Man, Picnic at Hanging Rock, A Journal of the Plague Year, The Caucasian Chalk Circle, Ubu, This Is a True Story, Lorilei, Babes in the Wood, Tense Dave, The Odyssey, The Lost Echo, Criminology (with Lally Katz), Tales from the Vienna Woods, The Women of Troy, The War of the Roses, The Duel, Baal, Optimism, Oresteia, On the Misconception of Oedipus, The Histrionic and Black Diggers.

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