In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play
26 Apr 2012Size: 203mm x 127mm£18.99
In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play
Paperback £18.99
- Best New Play, Theatre Awards UK - 2012
Magnetic, nostalgic and gloriously imaginative, a comedy drama from award-winning New York playwright Sarah Ruhl.
In an 1800s New York spa town, the birth of electricity has struck a chord with the affluent locals. The young entrepreneurial Dr Givings has installed a new operating theatre for the practice of gynaecology and the treatment of his ‘hysteria’ patients. A provocative, funny, touching and marvelously entertaining story about a doctor and his wild obsessions with the marvels of vibrator technology.
'Ruhl displays an exquisite lightness of touch as she explores deep issues with great humour and some rapier sharp lines... It's an evening of laugh-out-loud joyous fun.'
This Is Bath'Ruhl's writing confronts real misery and heartbreak, but with a balancing glee at the ludicrousness of these "medical" treatments – and the silences surrounding them'
Guardian'poignant and very funny... delightfully balanced between fun-poking and perceptive social commentary'
The Stage26 Apr 2012Size: 203mm x 127mm£18.99
