I HAVE been reading the reviews for Bradley Cooper playing Joseph Merrick in The Elephant Man in London.

I am sure that our own Martin Barrass wowed audiences playing the same role at the Theatre Royal several years ago.

When the audience entered the theatre the curtain was up and Martin was in the centre of the stage stark naked.

When the play commenced, a young lady came on stage and wrapped a sheet around him and he started to twist his body into the grotesque shape of Joseph Merrick.

Can any of your readers confirm this, and what year it was please?

David H Meek, Yarburgh Way, York