The Vibrator Began As A Feather Duster
EW.com says: ‘Thanks in large part to “Downton Abbey,” American audiences seem once again hungry for light, soapy romantic comedy set amid the plummy accents and fancy waistcoats of British high society. Add in the invention of the vibrator, and you’ve got “Hysteria,” about a young doctor (Hugh Dancy) who runs afoul of a spirited feminist (Maggie Gyllenhaal) as he strives to invent a device to cure his female patients of the titular ailment. Hmm. What’s this motorized feather duster invented by his buddy (Rupert Everett)?’ I suspect that this topic was handled more insightfully, entertainingly, and elegantly by Sarah Ruhl in her play “In the Next Room (The Vibrator Play).”
