St James's, LondonSarah Ruhl's superb drama of female frustration and solitude is well served by director Laurence BoswellSarah Ruhl's brilliant play is, to put it mildly, an eye-opener. Set in 1880s New York it shows, on one level, how the newly invented vibrator was used by doctors to induce orgasm in women diagnosed with hysteria. But on a deeper level, the play exposes the emotional and physical neglect endured b…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:11AM on November 26, 2013