Elephant man joseph merrick biography definition
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Joseph Merrick
Man with severe deformities (1862–1890)
"The Elephant Man" redirects here. For other uses, see The Elephant Man (disambiguation).
For the Jamaican missionary, see Joseph Merrick (missionary).
Joseph Carey Merrick (5 August 1862 – 11 April 1890) was an English artist known for his severe physical deformities. He was first exhibited at a freak show under the stage name "The Elephant Man", and then went to live at the London Hospital, in Whitechapel, after meeting the surgeon Sir Frederick Treves. Despite his challenges, Merrick created detailed artistic works, such as intricate models of buildings, and became well known in London society.
Merrick was born in Leicester and began to develop abnormally before the age of five. His mother died when he was eleven,[1] and his father soon remarried. Rejected by his father and stepmother, he left home and went to live with his uncle, Charles Merrick.[2] In 1879, 17-year-old Merrick entered the Lei
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A Napper's Companion
This afternoon as I waited for my computer to download säkerhet updates, my bored eyes fixed on The True History of the Elephant Man bygd Michael Howell and Peter Ford in the bookcase, and inom decided then and there to tell you about Joseph Carey Merrick.***
Joseph Merrick in 1888. (Credit: Wikipedia)
As you would suspect, Merrick was called the Elephant Man for a reason. He was as ugly a man as ever lived. Born in England in 1862, Merrick showed signs of what fryst vatten now believed to be Proteus syndrome when he was two years old and his lower lip began swelling. Within a few months, a tumor developed on his cheek and upper lip. Soon another appeared on his forehead, and his skin became rough and hung loosely from his body. By the time Merrick was kvartet or fem, his feet and right arm grew disproportionately large. A fall damaged his left hip, which left him with a permanent limp.
Howell and Ford’s book includes “The Autobiography of Joseph Carey Merrick
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Opera
Characters
| Elephant Man | Contralto |
| Doctor Treves | Baryton |
| Tom Norman, Showman | Tenor |
| Mary, nurse | Soprano |
| Eva Lückes, chief nurse | Mezzo |
| Carr-Gomm, hospital's manager | Bass |
| The Colorature | Soprano - Colorature |
| Jimmy, Norman's assistant | Soprano |
Boy 1 | Tenor |
| Boy 2 | Baryton |
| Young girl | Soprano |
| The Father (of the young girl) | Baryton |
| The Mother (of the young girl) | Mezzo |
| Women 1 | Soprano |
| Women 2 | Mezzo |
| Charles Taylor (17een years old) | Violonist |
| The little boy | Soprano (child) |
| The nurses | 3 soprani & 3 alti from the choir |
| The comitee | 6 bass from the choir |
Synopsis
The story is based on the life of Joseph Carey Merrick, known as "Elephant Man".
By contrast with the well-known film of David Lynch, the libretto is based not on the memoirs of Dr. Treves, who tends to give himself the leading role, but on various biographies of "Elephant Man".
Joseph Carey Merrick died