In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)

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"In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play)" is a Tony-nominated contemporary play by Sarah Ruhl that explores Victorian attitudes toward sexuality, intimacy, and female desire through the comedic and poignant story of an early medical use of the vibrator.

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instanceOf comedy-drama ⓘ
contemporary play ⓘ
stage play ⓘ
alsoKnownAs In the Next Room ⓘ
The Vibrator Play ⓘ
author Sarah Ruhl ⓘ
broadwayTransfer Lyceum Theatre ⓘ
centralCharacter Dr. Givings ⓘ
Mrs. Catherine Givings ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
dramaticForm two-act play ⓘ
explores emotional distance in marriage ⓘ
medicalization of women’s sexuality ⓘ
social taboos around sex ⓘ
featuresTheme awakening of female sexuality ⓘ
constraints of Victorian gender roles ⓘ
firstPublished 2009 ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
comedy-drama ⓘ
drama ⓘ
feminist theatre ⓘ
period piece ⓘ
historicalBasis early medical vibrators used to treat hysteria ⓘ
language English ⓘ
nominatedFor Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
Tony Award for Best Play ⓘ
openedOnBroadway 2009 ⓘ
originalBroadwayDirector Les Waters ⓘ
originalBroadwayProducer Lincoln Center Theater ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Sarah Ruhl’s body of work ⓘ
premiereDate 2009 ⓘ
premiereLocation Berkeley Repertory Theatre ⓘ
producedAt Berkeley Repertory Theatre ⓘ
publisher Theatre Communications Group ⓘ
settingPlace upstate New York ⓘ
settingTime Victorian era ⓘ
style mix of comedy and pathos ⓘ
subject Victorian medicine ⓘ
early vibrator use ⓘ
female desire ⓘ
hysteria ⓘ
intimacy ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
timePeriodDepicted late 19th century ⓘ
writer Sarah Ruhl ⓘ

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