In the Next Room, or the Vibrator Play

Synopsis

Stimulating comedy from one of the country’s brightest young playwrights! Progressive Dr. Givings explores the use of a brand-new technology, electricity, in treating women with “hysteria” (what we’d call depression), while neglecting his young wife Catherine. When he undertakes treatment of melancholy Sabrina Daldry, she and the lonely Catherine strike up a friendship that transforms their lives as much as Dr. Givings’ strange new device. Condescending and clueless husbands (and doctors) have a lot to learn about women’s hearts and minds.