he Elephant Man - Faber -Melons The Elephant man was Pomerance's most popular play and it won Many awards -Tony -Drama Desk Award -New York drama Critics Award -Obi Made into movie in 1980 staring John Hurt, Anthony Hopkins, Wendy Hiller, and Anne Bancraft. Preformed by David Bowie the rock singer in 1979 True story of John Merrick who lived from 1863 to 1890. He was deformed and had a head that was 36' in circumference. John Merrick and Dr. Treves are used metophoricly. John represents people and his deformities their uniqueness. Dr. Treves represents rules and conformity. Themes -the arbitrariness of existence, posed against a hunger for design. -the simple theme of miss judging people buy their appearance....
