saw on Friday, February 3, 2012; 7pm at BYU
Elephant Man
Written by Bernard Pomerance
A severely disfigured man (John Merrick) is a freak to society. A doctor (Frederick Treves) takes him to study, and treats him like a man. The elephant man had been well taught in intellectual and religious matters. He impresses a famous actress (Mrs. Kendall), who at first was very shocked by his appearance. She grows to appreciate him, respect him, and treat him as a man and as a friend. Merrick becomes a wonder and joy to society, only to end up feeling alone and ultimately dies. Get the program here.3 Characters:
- John Merrick -- the elephant man
- O: to live freely in society
- T: 1) obeys the doctor; 2) produces art work; 3) is civil and intellectually impressive to people
- Frederick Treves -- the doctor
- O: wants to help John live as normal a life as possible, while also studying his condition
- T: 1) takes John in and has him live in hospital; 2) shuts John off to society accept some individuals; 3) introduces Mrs. Kendall, a princess, scholars, and businessmen to John
- Mrs. Kendall -- the actress; Frederick's friend
- O: wants John to live life well and normal
- T: 1) reserves her initial disgust; 2) tries to let John experience life outside the hospital by trying to convince the doctor to do so; 3) to give herself in vulnerability by showing her body to John
Scenes/Monologues/misc:
-- i wish i kept better track because
-- i really liked the scene when Mrs. Kendall is completely vulnerable to John.. what did she say in this part? Gabby did awesome with this [btw, Gabby is my TA for TMA123 :-)]
-- i loved the dream/nightmare sequence that the doctor had, where the roles are reversed and the doctor is the freak and John is the scientist inspecting him. great scene. very impressive reading by Graham Ward; i also liked how this actor had a constant drool trail for the character
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