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Or: The Vibrator Play. Set in 1880's New York at the dawning of the electrical age, this sumptuous production invites you into the home of upstanding physician, Dr. Givings, and his young wife, Catherine Givings. Within the Givings' wealthy New York mansion, adjacent to the central parlour – in the next room – is Dr. Givings' consulting room. It is here he specialises in treating women for 'hysteria'. His latest treatment involves an extraordinary strange new invention, 'the vibrator' with which he has achieved remarkable results. His wife, Catherine Givings, is unable to breastfeed her baby and feels excluded from her husband's world. Desperately lonely, Catherine seeks companionship with two of her husband's patients and begins to discover the truth of what goes on behind the closed door. |
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