1862 or 3-1890

A play about a horribly deformed young man in 19th century England who becomes a favorite among the aristocracy and literati.

Based on the life of John Merrick, a horribly deformed physical monster with a soul of a poet and the heart of a dreamer.

Follows the life of Joseph Merrick, called the Elephant Man because of a deformity, from his early years as a sideshow attraction to his death in a London hospital in 1890.

Traces the history of Joseph Merrick, called the Elephant Man because of a deformity, from his birth in central England to his death in a London hospital in 1890.

A novel based on the life of a nineteenth-century Englishman called the elephant man who suffered from Neurofibromatosis, a rare disease. He was condemned to a miserable life in a workhouse until a kind doctor gave him his first real home.

A play about a horribly deformed young man in 19th century England who becomes a favorite among the aristocracy and literati.