1. Away with it!
- Don't be difficult!Copy !req
2. Let's take
our lovely children on an outing!Copy !req
3. You can't do this. I know my rights.Copy !req
4. I have the authority
to close you down.Copy !req
5. This exhibit degrades those who see it
and the poor creature himself.Copy !req
6. He is a freak. How else will he live?Copy !req
7. This is entirely different!Copy !req
8. This is monstrous
and should not be allowed!Copy !req
9. These officers will see
that you are on your way. Good day!Copy !req
10. Move along please!Copy !req
11. Hold it there, sir. Come this way.Copy !req
12. On the move again . . .Copy !req
13. My treasure.Copy !req
14. We're seeing a lot more
of these machine accidents.Copy !req
15. Abominable things these machines.
You can't reason with them.Copy !req
16. What a mess.Copy !req
17. Pull on the rope!Copy !req
18. lrons, please!Copy !req
19. Who is it?Copy !req
20. Excuse me, sir.
- Yes, what is it?Copy !req
21. I found it.
- Good. Did you see it?Copy !req
22. No.
- Alright.Copy !req
23. I'll see you in a moment. Thank you.Copy !req
24. Who's that?
- A friend of mine.Copy !req
25. Oh yes?Copy !req
26. What are you up to?
- Nothing.Copy !req
27. Oh, come on!Copy !req
28. Nothing of any importance.Copy !req
29. Where's Green Street, please?Copy !req
30. Second on the left, then right.
- Thanks.Copy !req
31. Are you the proprietor?
- And who might you be, sir?Copy !req
32. Just one of the curious.
I'd like to see it.Copy !req
33. I don't think so, we're . . .Copy !req
34. closed!
- I'd pay handsomely for a showing.Copy !req
35. Are you the proprietor?
- Handsomely? Who sent you?Copy !req
36. I beg your pardon?
- Never mind.Copy !req
37. I'm the owner.Copy !req
38. Life . . .Copy !req
39. is full of surprises.Copy !req
40. Consider the fateCopy !req
41. of this creature's poor mother,Copy !req
42. struck down . . .Copy !req
43. in the fourth month
of her condition by wild elephants.Copy !req
44. Struck down . . .Copy !req
45. on an uncharted African isle.Copy !req
46. The result . . .Copy !req
47. is plain to see.Copy !req
48. Ladies and Gentlemen,Copy !req
49. the terrible . . .Copy !req
50. Elephant Man!Copy !req
51. Stand up!
- Stand up!Copy !req
52. Turn around!
- Turn around!Copy !req
53. You'll bring him to me
tomorrow, ten o'clock, Mr . . . .?Copy !req
54. Bytes. He'll be there.Copy !req
55. Here is my card. I'll send a cab.Copy !req
56. We have a deal.Copy !req
57. We understand each other,Copy !req
58. more than money has changed hands.Copy !req
59. We understand each other
completely, my friend.Copy !req
60. Yes. Thank you, Mr. Bytes.Copy !req
61. Cor, what a stink!Copy !req
62. I'm looking for Mr. Frederick Treves.Copy !req
63. Please, ma'am.Copy !req
64. I'll send for him. Nurse!Copy !req
65. Mr. Treves, this . . .Copy !req
66. Yes.
- Says, that . . .Copy !req
67. Yes, I was expecting him.Copy !req
68. Are you the cab driver? - Yes.
- Anyone else with you?Copy !req
69. No, just this gentleman.
- Thank you for your troubles.Copy !req
70. Not at all. My pleasure.
- Thank you.Copy !req
71. This way, please?Copy !req
72. I'll be in my room
and I'm not to be disturbed.Copy !req
73. Of course, sir.Copy !req
74. Will you come with me?Copy !req
75. You heard the doctor?Copy !req
76. Go on!Copy !req
77. My name is Frederick Treves and I'm
the surgeon at the London Hospital.Copy !req
78. And . . .Copy !req
79. I lecture in anatomy
at the medical college.Copy !req
80. Sorry.Copy !req
81. I'd like very much to examine you.Copy !req
82. Would that be alright?Copy !req
83. Please.Copy !req
84. I'd like to ask you a few questions.Copy !req
85. Would that be alright?Copy !req
86. Your owner . . . The man,
who looks after you, tells me that . . .Copy !req
87. you're English
and that your name is John Merrick.Copy !req
88. John Merrick, is that right?Copy !req
89. I tell you what,
I think I'll ask you a questionCopy !req
90. and you shake you head for 'no'.Copy !req
91. Have you always been this way?Copy !req
92. Are you in any pain?Copy !req
93. Are your parents still alive?Copy !req
94. Do you understand me? Your father,
your mother, are they dead?Copy !req
95. Freddie, what are you doing . . .?Copy !req
96. Oh, I'm sorry. I had no idea . . .Copy !req
97. What have you got there?
- You'll find out at the meeting.Copy !req
98. Until then, not a word to anyone.Copy !req
99. Alright.
You must have quite a find in there.Copy !req
100. I don't know.
- "Nothing of any importance", eh?Copy !req
101. Not a word, please, Fox.Copy !req
102. Alright.Copy !req
103. I think I'll examine you now.Copy !req
104. I'll leave the questions till later.Copy !req
105. Will you take your hat off?Copy !req
106. Don't be frightened.
I simply want to look at you.Copy !req
107. Take your hat off.
Don't be frightened.Copy !req
108. Thank you. Good afternoon.Copy !req
109. Mr. Thomas, Mr. Rogers!Copy !req
110. Pull the curtains aside!Copy !req
111. He's English. He is 21 years of age.Copy !req
112. His name is John Merrick.Copy !req
113. In the course
of my profession I have come uponCopy !req
114. many deformities of the face
due to injury or diseaseCopy !req
115. as well as mutilations and contortions
of the body from like causes.Copy !req
116. I have never seen such a perverted,
degraded version of a human being.Copy !req
117. I wish to draw your attention to
his insidious conditions.Copy !req
118. Can you see over there?Copy !req
119. Note, if you will,
the extreme enlargement of the skullCopy !req
120. and the limb, which is useless,Copy !req
121. the alarming curvature of the spine.
Would you turn round, please?Copy !req
122. Turn round, please!Copy !req
123. The looseness of the skinCopy !req
124. and the fibrous tumours
that cover 90% of the body.Copy !req
125. There is every indication that these
afflictions have existed and haveCopy !req
126. progressed rapidly since birth.Copy !req
127. He suffers from chronic bronchitis.Copy !req
128. Interesting side note:
Despite these anomaliesCopy !req
129. the patient's genitals
remain entirely intact and unaffected.Copy !req
130. Thank you.Copy !req
131. And his left arm
is perfectly normal, as you see.Copy !req
132. So gentlemen,Copy !req
133. owing to the
congenital exostosis of the skull,Copy !req
134. extensive papillomatous growths,
pendulous masses of skin,Copy !req
135. the enlargement of
the right limb and all the bones,Copy !req
136. the distortion of the head
and the extensive areaCopy !req
137. covered by papillomatous growth,Copy !req
138. The patient
has been called the "Elephant Man".Copy !req
139. Thank you.Copy !req
140. You haven't
mentioned his mental state.Copy !req
141. He's an imbecile, probably from birth.
A complete idiot.Copy !req
142. Pray to God he is.Copy !req
143. Where have you been?Copy !req
144. Out!Copy !req
145. How can I eat with a noise like that?Copy !req
146. Bytes, don't!Copy !req
147. Where were you? What did you do?Copy !req
148. Our man is sick. Come right away!
- What is it?Copy !req
149. Like this . . .Copy !req
150. What did you do with him?
He's been like this all night!Copy !req
151. He was fine when he left here.
Now look at him!Copy !req
152. Yes, I intend to.Copy !req
153. What happened?
- He had a fall. He falls.Copy !req
154. Looks like a very severe fall.Copy !req
155. He's a . . .Copy !req
156. . . . clumsy soul.Copy !req
157. Never looks where he's going.
But that's alright.Copy !req
158. He has me to take care of him.Copy !req
159. Why is he sitting up? He needs rest!Copy !req
160. That's how he sleeps.Copy !req
161. if he lies down, he'll kill himself.Copy !req
162. His head's too big.Copy !req
163. This man belongs in the hospital.Copy !req
164. Can't you treat him here?
Listen, he's my livelihood.Copy !req
165. We're business partners, he and l.Copy !req
166. He's the greatest freak in the world!
- Now, you listen.Copy !req
167. You're not going to have a livelihood
if he dies. Go and fetch a cab!Copy !req
168. I truly appreciate this, my friend.Copy !req
169. Listen,Copy !req
170. there's much I can do for you.Copy !req
171. I move in the proper circles.Copy !req
172. In fact, anything at all,
if you take my meaning.Copy !req
173. Everything will be taken care of.
- Good to do business with you.Copy !req
174. Can I have a bowl of oatmeal?Copy !req
175. Breakfasting with the patients?
- It's for a patient.Copy !req
176. There you are.Copy !req
177. Thank you. Good morning.
- Morning.Copy !req
178. Come here a moment!Copy !req
179. What's that you've got there?Copy !req
180. Good Heavens! You haven't acquired
a taste for this stuff?Copy !req
181. Yes, it's quite nutritious.
- Possibly.Copy !req
182. Not quite the diet for
a grown man. Nurse!Copy !req
183. Just take this to the patient
in the isolation ward, will you?Copy !req
184. Yes, sir.Copy !req
185. Don't be frightened.
He won't hurt you.Copy !req
186. Won't he indeed. Just a moment!
There's something I want to say.Copy !req
187. A hospital's no place for secrecy.Copy !req
188. Doctors spiriting hooded figures
around cause comment.Copy !req
189. Why wasn't he properly admitted?
Why the isolation ward?Copy !req
190. He's not contagious, is he?
- No, he's got chronic bronchitisCopy !req
191. and he's been beaten.
- Why not the General Ward?Copy !req
192. He's seriously deformed.Copy !req
193. I fear it could shock the patients.Copy !req
194. Deformed, is that it?
Is he ultimately incurable?Copy !req
195. Yes, sir.
- But you must be aware,Copy !req
196. that this hospital
doesn't accept incurables.Copy !req
197. I'm aware of that.
But this case is quite exceptional.Copy !req
198. I quite appreciate your problem.Copy !req
199. Why not contact
the Royal Hospital for lncurables?Copy !req
200. Perhaps they might find him a place.
- Yes. Would you like to meet him?Copy !req
201. Excuse me!Copy !req
202. The Elephant Man.Copy !req
203. Sorry.Copy !req
204. I should have warned you.Copy !req
205. Please forgive me. You alright?Copy !req
206. Please send Mrs. Mothershead up here.Copy !req
207. Tell her to knock and wait for me.Copy !req
208. I'm sorry about that.Copy !req
209. We'll bring you another breakfast.
You must be very hungry.Copy !req
210. You'll be comfortable here.
I'll see you get everything you need.Copy !req
211. Blimey!Copy !req
212. So, this is the Elephant Man.Copy !req
213. I ain't seen nothing like you before.Copy !req
214. What the hell happened to you?Copy !req
215. Dumb, eh?Copy !req
216. I like people that can keep quiet.Copy !req
217. Here, have a drink!Copy !req
218. Go on! No?Copy !req
219. You should be more sociable.Copy !req
220. Get yourself disliked.Copy !req
221. We're going to be good friends and
my friends will want to meet you.Copy !req
222. And they will, believe me.Copy !req
223. I've brought your breakfast.
What are you doing down there?Copy !req
224. Come up on the bed.Copy !req
225. Come on!Copy !req
226. All he understands is a good smack.
- He's had his share of smacks.Copy !req
227. That drives him under the bed.
Treat him with kindness and patience.Copy !req
228. Perhaps you've
got time for that sort of treatment.Copy !req
229. I've got a hospital to run.
Don't you waste your time, with him.Copy !req
230. It's like talking to a brick wall.Copy !req
231. I don't mean to be harsh,Copy !req
232. but he doesn't belong here.Copy !req
233. Honestly, sir,
what can you do for him?Copy !req
234. By the way, Mr. Carr-Gomm saidCopy !req
235. he'd like to see you
when you can spare a moment.Copy !req
236. Yes.
- Thank you.Copy !req
237. I can't help you, unless you help me.Copy !req
238. I believe there's something
you want to say to me.Copy !req
239. Something back there.Copy !req
240. I can't help you, unless you help me!Copy !req
241. I believe you want to say something.Copy !req
242. I've got to understand
what you're feeling and thinking.Copy !req
243. Do you understand me?Copy !req
244. Just nod your head.
Can you understand me?Copy !req
245. Nod your head if you understand me.Copy !req
246. Alright.Copy !req
247. You do understand.Copy !req
248. I want to hear you talk.
You are not a wall.Copy !req
249. Do you understand?
I want you to talk to me.Copy !req
250. Now. I want to hear you say it.Copy !req
251. I want to hear how you say things.
I'm not going to hurt you.Copy !req
252. Got to hear!Copy !req
253. Very slowly, I want you to say "yes".Copy !req
254. Say "yes".Copy !req
255. Yes.Copy !req
256. Yes!Copy !req
257. Alright.Copy !req
258. Now just once more: "yes".Copy !req
259. I can understand that. That's good!Copy !req
260. That's very good. Alright nowCopy !req
261. I'm going to say some words to you
and you repeat them. Understand?Copy !req
262. Say "Hello, my name is . . ."Copy !req
263. Hello.Copy !req
264. My name is . . .Copy !req
265. John Merrick.Copy !req
266. John, that's very good.
Say "John Merrick".Copy !req
267. Merrick.Copy !req
268. "Hello, my name is John Merrick".Copy !req
269. Hello, my name is . . .Copy !req
270. . . . is John Merrick.Copy !req
271. You can speak!Copy !req
272. How did you get up here?Copy !req
273. I want my man back.
- Just a moment.Copy !req
274. Never mind. I want my man.Copy !req
275. He's still very sick.
Come downstairs and I'll explain.Copy !req
276. No!Copy !req
277. Don't.Copy !req
278. You've had plenty of time to cure him.Copy !req
279. And now he's leaving with me.Copy !req
280. Do you understand me?Copy !req
281. Now, Mr. Treves.Copy !req
282. We made a deal.
- You misunderstood.Copy !req
283. This man has suffered a severe fall.
if you take my meaning.Copy !req
284. He is my patient now.
- Pull the other one!Copy !req
285. I'm sorry. But all you do is profit
from another man's misery.Copy !req
286. Do you think you are better than me?
- No.Copy !req
287. You wanted the freakCopy !req
288. to show your doctor chums,
make a name for yourself.Copy !req
289. You, my friend . . .Copy !req
290. I gave you the freak . . . on trust.Copy !req
291. In the name of science.Copy !req
292. And now I want him back!
- You do not own this man. Stop it!Copy !req
293. I want him back!
- So you can beat him?Copy !req
294. So you can starve him?
A dog in the street would fare better.Copy !req
295. I'll go to the authorities.
- Go to them, then!Copy !req
296. By all means.Copy !req
297. They'll be interested
to hear your story and ours.Copy !req
298. Now, I thinkCopy !req
299. we really understand one another.Copy !req
300. Alright.Copy !req
301. A singularly unattractive character!Copy !req
302. It seems to me I might
as well meet this patient of yours.Copy !req
303. Thank you very much.Copy !req
304. Shall we say in a few days?Copy !req
305. Two o'clock tomorrow afternoon?Copy !req
306. Whatever's most convenient, sir.Copy !req
307. Two o'clock then, tomorrow.Copy !req
308. Thank you very much.Copy !req
309. Two o'clock . . .Copy !req
310. Morning, Mr Treves. Early again!
- Yes.Copy !req
311. You'd have made a good milkman!Copy !req
312. I'll keep that in mind.
- Okay, sir.Copy !req
313. "He restoreth my soul.Copy !req
314. He leadeth me into paths of . . .
righteousness for his name's sake."Copy !req
315. "Righteousness!"Copy !req
316. "He leadeth me into the paths ofCopy !req
317. righteousness for his name's sake."Copy !req
318. Good. It's very good.Copy !req
319. When your visitor comes today,
I want you to say it exactly the same.Copy !req
320. When I introduce him to you,
just say the words you've learnt.Copy !req
321. if you have trouble with the words,
I'll help you, nothing to worry about.Copy !req
322. I'll introduce you to him and say:
"Please meet Mr. Carr-Gomm."Copy !req
323. And you will say:Copy !req
324. Hello, my name is John Merrick.Copy !req
325. I'm very pleased to meet you.Copy !req
326. Good. Good.Copy !req
327. I'll go and get Mr. Carr-Gomm.Copy !req
328. It is only a physical problem.Copy !req
329. He has trouble with certain sounds
because of the constrictive deformity.Copy !req
330. But he can talk.
- Is he able to understand?Copy !req
331. Yes. Oh, yes.Copy !req
332. Except he's so anxious to make a good
impression, that he might be nervous.Copy !req
333. Come in!Copy !req
334. May I introduce you to Mr. Carr-Gomm?Copy !req
335. This is John Merrick.
- Hello.Copy !req
336. My name is John Merrick.
I'm very pleased to meet you.Copy !req
337. I'm very pleased to meet you.Copy !req
338. How are you feeling today?
- I feel much better.Copy !req
339. Are you comfortable here?Copy !req
340. Everybody's very kind.Copy !req
341. How is your bronchitis?Copy !req
342. Mr. Merrick likes
the food here, don't you?Copy !req
343. Much better than what I'm used to.
- Oh yes?Copy !req
344. And what was that?Copy !req
345. Potatoes.Copy !req
346. You were flogged?Copy !req
347. I feel much better now.Copy !req
348. Splendid.
How do you find Mr. TrevesCopy !req
349. as a teacher, I mean?Copy !req
350. Very kind.Copy !req
351. How long did you and Mr. Treves
prepare for this interview?Copy !req
352. Very kind.Copy !req
353. I understand.
It's been a pleasure meeting you.Copy !req
354. Good day.Copy !req
355. It was very good, John.Copy !req
356. I'll be back in a moment.Copy !req
357. "The Lord is my shepherd,Copy !req
358. I shall not want.Copy !req
359. He maketh me lie down . . ."Copy !req
360. A brave attempt but he simply
mouthed words taught by you.Copy !req
361. I'm sorry to have wasted your time.Copy !req
362. "He restoreth my soul."Copy !req
363. He simply doesn't belong here.
He should be constantly looked after.Copy !req
364. I'm sorry, things have
turned out this way. Good day.Copy !req
365. Yes.Copy !req
366. "Though I walked through the valley of
the shadow of death, I fear no evil,Copy !req
367. for Thou art with me,
Thy rod and Thy staff . . ."Copy !req
368. Mr. Carr-Gomm!Copy !req
369. What is it?Copy !req
370. It's that!Copy !req
371. I didn't teach him that part!Copy !req
372. "Goodness and mercy
will follow me all the days of my lifeCopy !req
373. and I shall dwell
in the house of the Lord forever."Copy !req
374. How did you know the rest of it?
- Very strange.Copy !req
375. How did you know
the rest of the 23rd Psalm?Copy !req
376. I used to read the Bible every day.Copy !req
377. I know it very well
and the Book of Common Prayer.Copy !req
378. The 23rd Psalm's beautiful.
It's my favourite.Copy !req
379. Come and see me in my office
when you're through.Copy !req
380. There's something
important I want to say.Copy !req
381. Goodbye.
I do hope we shall meet again.Copy !req
382. Why didn't you tell me you can read?Copy !req
383. I was frightened.Copy !req
384. I see.
- I was afraid to talk.Copy !req
385. Please forgive me.Copy !req
386. Can you imagine the life he must
have had? - Yes, I think I can.Copy !req
387. I don't believe so.
I don't believe any of us can.Copy !req
388. Terrible though his appearance is,
so terrible, that nervous personsCopy !req
389. fly in horror from the sight of him,Copy !req
390. and that he is debarred from
earning his livelihood in any way.Copy !req
391. Yet he is superior in intelligence.
He can read and write,Copy !req
392. is quiet, gentle,
not to say even refined.Copy !req
393. I should like to meet this gentleman.Copy !req
394. Have you seen this?
- No.Copy !req
395. Listen to this!
- Hey up, hey up!Copy !req
396. Hey up!Copy !req
397. Listen! This is a letterCopy !req
398. to the London Times
from the governor of the hospital.Copy !req
399. In a little room in one of attic wards
is a man named John Merrick,Copy !req
400. so dreadful a sight, that he is
unable even to come out by day.Copy !req
401. He's been called the "Elephant Man"
on account of his terrible deformity.Copy !req
402. His appearance is so terrible,
that women and nervous personsCopy !req
403. fly in terror at the sight of him.Copy !req
404. And how do you get tickets to see him?Copy !req
405. Your very own Sunny Jim!
- Let's go and see him!Copy !req
406. Keep your shirt on.
The time must be right.Copy !req
407. Now he's in the attic, but tomorrow
they'll move him to Bedstead Square,Copy !req
408. right into my lap.
Then, for the right priceCopy !req
409. you'll see something you'll
never ever see again in your life!Copy !req
410. Don't look so glum girls!
Volunteers should be more cheerful!Copy !req
411. Put your collar straight, girl!Copy !req
412. And rememberCopy !req
413. that under no circumstances whatsoeverCopy !req
414. are any mirrors to be brought here.
- Yes, Mrs. Mothershead.Copy !req
415. Yes, Mrs. Mothershead.
- Yes.Copy !req
416. Right.Copy !req
417. He's so ugly!
- Well, ugly or not, help me!Copy !req
418. Feeling better now, Mr. Merrick?Copy !req
419. Yes.Copy !req
420. You look nice in your new clothes.Copy !req
421. Thank you very much.
- Well, if there's nothing else,Copy !req
422. we'll be leaving you now.
- No, there's nothing.Copy !req
423. Ready for tea?Copy !req
424. Please go in, John.Copy !req
425. Make yourself comfortable.Copy !req
426. Anne, come and meet our guest.Copy !req
427. I'd like you to meet my wife, Anne.Copy !req
428. Anne, this is John Merrick.Copy !req
429. I'm very pleased to meet you.Copy !req
430. I . . .Copy !req
431. I'm very pleased.Copy !req
432. What is it? What's the matter?Copy !req
433. It's just that I . . .Copy !req
434. I'm not usedCopy !req
435. to being treated so wellCopy !req
436. by so beautiful a woman.Copy !req
437. Would you like a cup of tea?
- That's a good idea.Copy !req
438. Come and see the rest of the house!Copy !req
439. How's your tea?Copy !req
440. Very good.Copy !req
441. I'm enjoying my visit very much.Copy !req
442. It's very kind of you
to invite me to your home.Copy !req
443. I'm sorry
that I made a spectacle of myself.Copy !req
444. No, not at all.Copy !req
445. I love the wayCopy !req
446. you've arranged the pictures.
- Oh, thank you.Copy !req
447. Is that the way in most houses?Copy !req
448. Yes, I'm sure it is.Copy !req
449. Who are they of?Copy !req
450. These are relatives
and these are our children.Copy !req
451. Children? May I see?Copy !req
452. Yes, of course.Copy !req
453. Where are the children?Copy !req
454. They're out with friends.Copy !req
455. Friends . . .Copy !req
456. Here is Frederick's mother.Copy !req
457. And these are my parents.Copy !req
458. They have such noble faces.Copy !req
459. Yes, I've always thought so myself.Copy !req
460. Would you . . .Copy !req
461. care to see my mother?Copy !req
462. Your mother?Copy !req
463. Yes, please.Copy !req
464. Oh, but she's . . .Copy !req
465. Mr. Merrick, she's beautiful!Copy !req
466. She has . . .Copy !req
467. She has the face of an angel.Copy !req
468. I must . . .Copy !req
469. I must have been
a great disappointment to her.Copy !req
470. No, Mr. Merrick, no.Copy !req
471. No son as loving as you
could ever be a disappointment.Copy !req
472. if only I could find her!Copy !req
473. if she could see me
with such lovely friends,Copy !req
474. perhaps she could love me as I am.Copy !req
475. I've tried so hard to be good.Copy !req
476. I'm so sorry.Copy !req
477. Sorry.
- Please!Copy !req
478. I'm so sorry.Copy !req
479. Please!Copy !req
480. What's that you're doing?Copy !req
481. What is it?Copy !req
482. Oh, I see! St. Philip's!Copy !req
483. Why, it's very good!
You've got the windows just right!Copy !req
484. I wishCopy !req
485. I could sleepCopy !req
486. like normal people.Copy !req
487. Mr. Treves,Copy !req
488. there's something
I've been meaning to ask youCopy !req
489. for some time now.
- What's that?Copy !req
490. Can you cure me?Copy !req
491. No.Copy !req
492. No. We can care for you,
but we can't cure you.Copy !req
493. No.Copy !req
494. I thought not.Copy !req
495. Come in.Copy !req
496. Good morning!Copy !req
497. Good morning.
- Someone would like to meet you.Copy !req
498. May I introduce you to one of the
bright lights of the English stage?Copy !req
499. Mrs. Kendal, this is John Merrick.Copy !req
500. Good day!
- Good day.Copy !req
501. I've brought you some things.
I hope you like them.Copy !req
502. I hope you don't think it too forward?
- Oh, no.Copy !req
503. I knew you'd understand.
- I'll leave you together.Copy !req
504. Here.Copy !req
505. I want you to know I don't give
my pictures to just anyone.Copy !req
506. No, I wouldn't think of it.Copy !req
507. It's beautiful. You're so . . .Copy !req
508. I'll put it . . .Copy !req
509. in a place of honour.Copy !req
510. Next to my mother.Copy !req
511. She's very pretty, your mother.
- Yes.Copy !req
512. You're constructing a . . . church?Copy !req
513. No. It's a cathedral.Copy !req
514. Do you see?Copy !req
515. I have to rely on my imagination,Copy !req
516. for what I can't actually see.Copy !req
517. Mr. Treves tells me
you're in the theatre.Copy !req
518. Do you live there?
- Oh no, I just work there.Copy !req
519. It must be wonderful to work there.Copy !req
520. Is it beautiful?
- You've never been?Copy !req
521. I'm afraid not.Copy !req
522. You must go! The theatre is
the most beautiful place on earth!Copy !req
523. Of course I am a bit partial.Copy !req
524. The theatre is romance.Copy !req
525. Romance?Copy !req
526. Oh yes . . .Copy !req
527. I've brought you something else!Copy !req
528. Thank you.
- Have you read it?Copy !req
529. No, but I certainly shall.Copy !req
530. "Romeo and Juliet"!Copy !req
531. Yes, I've heard of this.Copy !req
532. "if I profane with my unworthiest handCopy !req
533. this holy shrine,
the gentle fine is this:Copy !req
534. Thy lips, two blushing pilgrims,Copy !req
535. ready stand, to smooth that
rough touch with a tender kiss."Copy !req
536. "Good Pilgrim,
you do wrong your hand too much,Copy !req
537. which mannerly devotion show in this.Copy !req
538. For saints have hands
that pilgrims' hands do touch.Copy !req
539. And palm to palm's
holy Palmer's kiss."Copy !req
540. "Oh then, dear Saint,
let lips do what hands do.Copy !req
541. They pray, grant thou
lest faith turn to despair."Copy !req
542. "Saints do not move,
though grant for prayer's sake."Copy !req
543. "Then move not,
while my prayer's effect I take.Copy !req
544. Thus from my lips,
by thine, my sin is purged."Copy !req
545. And then it says: they kiss.Copy !req
546. "Then have my lips
the sin that they have took."Copy !req
547. "Sin from my lips?Copy !req
548. O trespass, sweetly urg'd.Copy !req
549. Give me my sin again."Copy !req
550. You're not an Elephant Man at all.Copy !req
551. No?Copy !req
552. No. You're Romeo.Copy !req
553. "Mrs. Kendal,
always at the forefront of fashion,Copy !req
554. was seen leaving
"The London" the other afternoon.Copy !req
555. No, dear readers,
the actress has not been taken ill,Copy !req
556. but said she was visiting a friend.
Who was the lucky recipient?Copy !req
557. Enquiries proved it to be none other
than John Merrick, the Elephant Man,Copy !req
558. with whom our readers are familiar.Copy !req
559. After a chat of 45 minutes, she left
him with an autographed portrait."Copy !req
560. I saw it in his room.Copy !req
561. "Owing to a disfigurement
of the most extreme nature,Copy !req
562. Mr. Merrick has never been
presented to London society.Copy !req
563. But knowing that wherever Mrs. Kendal
goes, other inevitably follow,Copy !req
564. the question arises - will London
society present itself to him?"Copy !req
565. This walking stick is so dashing!Copy !req
566. And more elegant than my old one!Copy !req
567. More tea?Copy !req
568. I don't go out
as often as I would like,Copy !req
569. because naturally people find
my appearance disturbing.Copy !req
570. if you have a chill
I could close the window.Copy !req
571. No, I'm fine, please . . .Copy !req
572. Thank you.Copy !req
573. You see,Copy !req
574. people are frightened
by what they don't understand.Copy !req
575. And it is hard to understand,
even for me because my motherCopy !req
576. was so very beautiful!Copy !req
577. No more visitors today.Copy !req
578. I've got a lecture. Till this evening!
- Excuse me, sir,Copy !req
579. I would like a word with you.
- What is it?Copy !req
580. I don't quite understandCopy !req
581. why you allow people in there.Copy !req
582. He enjoys it and it's good for him.Copy !req
583. But you saw the expression on their
faces, they didn't hide their disgust!Copy !req
584. They don't care about John.
They want to impress their friends.Copy !req
585. I think you're being rather harsh.
- I beg your pardon.Copy !req
586. You hardly showed him much kindness
when he first arrived, did you?Copy !req
587. I bathed him, I fed him
and I cleaned up after him!Copy !req
588. And my nurses do the same.Copy !req
589. if "kindness" can be called careCopy !req
590. then I did show him loving kindness!Copy !req
591. I didn't mean it exactly that way.Copy !req
592. I appreciate your concern
and everything you've done for him.Copy !req
593. But I am the physician
and must do what's best for him.Copy !req
594. Please now, I'm very late.
- if you ask my opinion,Copy !req
595. he's only being stared at again!
- Thank you.Copy !req
596. Night time!Copy !req
597. Freddie!Copy !req
598. What's the matter?Copy !req
599. I've been thinking about Mr. Bytes.
- Why on earth?Copy !req
600. I believe Mr. Bytes and l
are very much alike.Copy !req
601. That's absurd!Copy !req
602. It seems I've made Mr. Merrick
into a curiosity again,Copy !req
603. only this time in a hospital
rather than a carnival.Copy !req
604. My name is constantly in the
newspapers and I'm always beingCopy !req
605. praised to the skies. Patients
ask expressly for my services.Copy !req
606. Because you are a fine doctor.Copy !req
607. John Merrick is happier and more
fulfilled then everCopy !req
608. and it's completely due to you.Copy !req
609. What was it all for? Why did I do it?Copy !req
610. What are you trying to say?Copy !req
611. Am I a good manCopy !req
612. or am I a bad man?Copy !req
613. Steady on, Treves. Steady on.Copy !req
614. Please sit down, won't you?Copy !req
615. We usually open the proceedings
by reading the minutes.Copy !req
616. In the interests of urgency
I think we should conclude the matterCopy !req
617. under discussion, the case of
John Merrick, the Elephant Man.Copy !req
618. One moment, Mr. Chairman!Copy !req
619. As far as I'm concerned, this
creature has no business here.Copy !req
620. I for one am sick and tired
of this freak-huntingCopy !req
621. by ambitious young doctors,
trying to make name's for themselves.Copy !req
622. To parade them about
in front of the society is one thing,Copy !req
623. but to waste the committee's time
with requests for shelterCopy !req
624. for these abominations of nature
is quite another.Copy !req
625. You must be more careful!Copy !req
626. In the light
of these facts, our course is clear:Copy !req
627. The question is not whether to
accept this creature as a patient, butCopy !req
628. when will the rooms be vacated
for the use of more deserving cases?Copy !req
629. I move that this Elephant Man be
removed from the premises immediately.Copy !req
630. We have
a sacred duty to cure the sickCopy !req
631. not to care for circus animals!
That is my last word on the subject.Copy !req
632. Shall we vote?
- You are unshakeable in this?Copy !req
633. Mr. Chairman, do you not have ears?Copy !req
634. I am unalterably opposed!Copy !req
635. My mind is made up.Copy !req
636. You shall not sway me.
May we now vote,Copy !req
637. at long last?Copy !req
638. Yes, Broadneck.Copy !req
639. I think the time has come.Copy !req
640. Gentlemen, Her Royal HighnessCopy !req
641. Alexandra, Princess of Wales.Copy !req
642. Good morning.
I hope I'm not disturbing you.Copy !req
643. Your presence here
is always greatly appreciated.Copy !req
644. We were just taking a vote
on Mr. Merrick.Copy !req
645. Her Royal Highness has shown
great interest in Mr. Merrick's fate.Copy !req
646. I have, sir, as has the Queen.Copy !req
647. I have a communication from the
Queen, which I should read to you.Copy !req
648. "To the Governing Committee,
London Hospital.Copy !req
649. I would like to commend youCopy !req
650. for the charitable face
you have shown Mr. John Merrick.Copy !req
651. It is laudable that you have
provided one of England'sCopy !req
652. unfortunate sons with a safe
and tranquil harbour, a home.Copy !req
653. For this immeasurable kindness,
as well as the many acts of mercyCopy !req
654. on behalf of the poor,
of which Mr. Carr-GommCopy !req
655. has kept me informed,Copy !req
656. I gratefully thank you.
Signed, Victoria."Copy !req
657. I am sure I can count on you
gentlemen to do the Christian thing.Copy !req
658. Thank you very much.
I'm sure we shall all try.Copy !req
659. I move that Mr. John Merrick
be admitted on a permanent basisCopy !req
660. provided the hospital receives
a yearly sum for the cost of one bed.Copy !req
661. All those in favour?Copy !req
662. Thank you, gentlemen.
The motion is carried.Copy !req
663. Yes, come in!Copy !req
664. Good afternoon. Mr. Carr-Gomm
has something he wants to say to you.Copy !req
665. Mr. Merrick, I am very pleasedCopy !req
666. in being able to welcome you
officially to the London Hospital.Copy !req
667. The Governing Committee has
unanimously voted that you should beCopy !req
668. provided with these rooms on a
permanent basis. This is your home.Copy !req
669. I'm so very, very glad for you.
- Welcome home, lad!Copy !req
670. This is . . .Copy !req
671. my home?
- Yes.Copy !req
672. Please will you thank
the committee for me?Copy !req
673. I will do my utmost
to merit their kindness.Copy !req
674. This . . . is my home?Copy !req
675. Yes. And this is for you.Copy !req
676. Your dressing case!Copy !req
677. Oh, thank you!Copy !req
678. Thank you!Copy !req
679. Oh my friends, thank you!Copy !req
680. Thank you!Copy !req
681. My friends!Copy !req
682. Oh my friends!Copy !req
683. Thank you!Copy !req
684. Who's next?
- I say!Copy !req
685. What you again?
- Well . . .Copy !req
686. These young ladies have never seen it.Copy !req
687. You're on, mate!Copy !req
688. That's it for this performance!Copy !req
689. Jim, can I go?
- Sit down, Charlie!Copy !req
690. There's always tomorrow, don't worry.Copy !req
691. Room for one more?Copy !req
692. At the right price.Copy !req
693. There's room.Copy !req
694. Keep the noise down!Copy !req
695. We don't want to frighten him!Copy !req
696. My name is John Merrick.Copy !req
697. I'm very, very pleased to meet you.Copy !req
698. I thinkCopy !req
699. you are very beautiful!Copy !req
700. Curtain time!Copy !req
701. You look beautiful, darling!
I wouldn't change a thing!Copy !req
702. You look like the Prince of Wales!Copy !req
703. Here, my friends!Copy !req
704. The Elephant Man!Copy !req
705. I told you it was horrible,
just horrible.Copy !req
706. Perhaps the ladies
would like a closer look?Copy !req
707. Yes, yes!
- No, Jack, please!Copy !req
708. Right, in you go!Copy !req
709. He's quite a ladies' man!Copy !req
710. Give the ladies' man a little kiss!Copy !req
711. Go on, give him a kiss!Copy !req
712. Jack, leave off!Copy !req
713. That's enough romance!
Time for beddy-byes!Copy !req
714. Keep the noise down!Copy !req
715. Keep it quiet! Now watch this!Copy !req
716. Okay, that's enough!Copy !req
717. Show's over!
See you back at the Peacock!Copy !req
718. Get out of it!Copy !req
719. Here, come on.Copy !req
720. There you are. That's better.Copy !req
721. I've done well tonight.Copy !req
722. Here, buy yourself a sweet!Copy !req
723. My treasure!Copy !req
724. John?Copy !req
725. John!Copy !req
726. Mr. Treves,
I know what happened last night.Copy !req
727. Oh, God!Copy !req
728. Where is he?Copy !req
729. Where is Mr. Merrick?Copy !req
730. I don't know what you mean.
- Don't lie to me!Copy !req
731. I know all about it, you were seen.Copy !req
732. You're involved with Bytes,
aren't you? Where is he?Copy !req
733. Wait a minute! I haven't taken him
anywhere. I dunno no Bytes.Copy !req
734. We were just having a bit of fun.
We never hurt him.Copy !req
735. You tortured him! He's gone!Copy !req
736. When I left him he was in bed!Copy !req
737. You're not listening to me!
I dunno no Bytes!Copy !req
738. I've done nothing wrong!
People pay money to see your monster!Copy !req
739. You're the monster, the freak.
Get out of here!Copy !req
740. Get out!
- You don't frighten me!Copy !req
741. I'm glad what I done.
You can do nothing about it!Copy !req
742. Only Mothershead can sack me now!Copy !req
743. Done!Copy !req
744. There's something I'd like to say.Copy !req
745. You know I felt
as deeply as you did about John.Copy !req
746. Well now he's disappeared,
very likely to the continent.Copy !req
747. You can't go after him,
you're needed here by your patients.Copy !req
748. You did everything in your power.Copy !req
749. Everything in your power.Copy !req
750. Get a stool!Copy !req
751. Get up, you bastard!Copy !req
752. Look at all these beautiful animals!Copy !req
753. What a lot you have!Copy !req
754. That sly bastard!Copy !req
755. He's doing this to spite me!Copy !req
756. You're doing this to spite me
and it's got to stop!Copy !req
757. Bytes, he's sick!
- Let him die!Copy !req
758. But don't think
I'm going to bury that . . .Copy !req
759. bag of flesh. No!Copy !req
760. And that's a fact.Copy !req
761. Bytes, stop!
- I'm going to fetch that lump of fat!Copy !req
762. Stop!Copy !req
763. Bytes, stop!Copy !req
764. We've decided,Copy !req
765. we're going to get you out of here.Copy !req
766. Alright?Copy !req
767. Luck, my friend!Copy !req
768. Luck! And who needs it more than we?Copy !req
769. Sir, why is your head so big?Copy !req
770. Why is your head so big?Copy !req
771. Why is your head so big? Tell me!Copy !req
772. Why is your head so big?Copy !req
773. No!Copy !req
774. I'm not an elephant!Copy !req
775. I am not an animal!Copy !req
776. I am a human being!Copy !req
777. I am a man.Copy !req
778. Out of the way, sir. Excuse me!Copy !req
779. Mr. Treves, they've found him!Copy !req
780. They've found John!Copy !req
781. Keep still!Copy !req
782. It was nice of Mrs. Kendal
to give me this dress.Copy !req
783. It's beautiful!Copy !req
784. Does she know John's dying?Copy !req
785. Yes, she knows.Copy !req
786. How do I look?Copy !req
787. Splendid!Copy !req
788. You will not look out of place.
You look absolutely splendid!Copy !req
789. Splendid . . . Shall we go?Copy !req
790. I can't tell you
how sorry I am for what happened.Copy !req
791. You see, I had no idea.Copy !req
792. You mustn't blame yourself.Copy !req
793. Mr. Treves, don't worry about me.Copy !req
794. My friend,Copy !req
795. I am happy every hour of the day.Copy !req
796. My life is full,
because I know that I am loved.Copy !req
797. I have gained myself.Copy !req
798. I could not say that,
were it not for you.Copy !req
799. Well . . .Copy !req
800. you have done so much for me as well.Copy !req
801. Thank you!Copy !req
802. I'll fetch Mrs. Mothershead and Nora
and be back in a few minutes!Copy !req
803. Very good, my friend.Copy !req
804. My friend!Copy !req
805. Mrs. Kendal!Copy !req
806. Your Royal Highness,
Ladies and Gentlemen!Copy !req
807. Tonight's performance was special
for me, as it was to someone else,Copy !req
808. a man who knows and loves the theatre.Copy !req
809. And yet this
is the first time he's ever been here.Copy !req
810. I wish, the whole company wishes
with all their heartsCopy !req
811. to dedicate tonight's performance
to Mr. John Merrick,Copy !req
812. my very dear friend.Copy !req
813. Go on, John, they want to see you!Copy !req
814. I can't.
- It's alright, stand up!Copy !req
815. I really did believeCopy !req
816. that the ogre
would never get out of the dungeon.Copy !req
817. You really enjoyed yourself.Copy !req
818. Oh, it was wonderful!Copy !req
819. We really must go again some evening.Copy !req
820. Oh, I hope so.Copy !req
821. Yes, we will, we will.Copy !req
822. Good, I'm pleased.Copy !req
823. I ought to go. Must get some sleep.Copy !req
824. Goodnight. Sleep well.Copy !req
825. And you too, my friend.Copy !req
826. So pleased you enjoyed yourself.
Goodnight.Copy !req
827. Goodnight.Copy !req
828. It's finished!Copy !req
829. Never, never! Nothing will die.Copy !req
830. The stream flows, the wind blows,Copy !req
831. the cloud fleets, the heart beats.Copy !req
832. Nothing will die.Copy !req