The True Story of ‘The Elephant Man’

Joseph Carey Merrick’s facial disfigurement made him a human oddity in Victorian England. As Bradley Cooper plays him on Broadway, we look back at Merrick’s life of pain and bravery.

Daniel Summers

Published Nov. 3 2014 5:45AM EST 

Daniel Summers

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