
International Theatre Database
Category
Play
Country
Australia
Run Dates
Apr 7 - May 14, 2011
Run Time
150 minutes
2011.04.07 ~ 2011.05.14
Melbourne Theatre Company
2011.02.07 ~ 2011.04.02
Sydney Opera House
Australian Premiere
Nominee
Nominee
Nominee
Sexual healing has come a long way since the 1880s. Then doctors administered some very special treatments to women diagnosed with 'hysteria', apparently a common condition in women at the turn of the century. A play making its Australian premiere, In the next room, or the vibrator play, explores this medical condition, and the preferred treatment.