The screenwriters based this movie on the memoirs of Dr. Frederick Treves, as well as other true accounts, but avoided the play by Bernard Pomerance. The true name of The Elephant Man was not "John Merrick" as most believe, but Joseph Carey Merrick. Merrick was born in Leicester, England on 5 August 1862, and died in the Royal London Hospital on 11 April 1890, at the age of 27. When Dr. Treves wrote his memoir, he referred to him as John. His handwritten manuscript reveals that Treves knew that Merrick's name was Joseph, and deliberately crossed out Joseph and replaced it with John. Merrick's surviving correspondence shows he signed his name as Joseph, and contemporary newspaper articles about his case refer to him by his correct name. Why Treves changed his name to John is unknown, but this movie is partly responsible for that continuing misconception.
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