In the Next Room, or The Vibrator Play " review
Ustinov Studio, BathSarah Ruhl's extended title for her 2009 play " the last in the Ustinov's impressive season of contemporary American plays " is a nod to its two layers. Yes, it is about the early days of electric vibrators and how they were used to treat hysteria in female patients. But really, it is about Ruhl including in her drama, set in the 1880s, the thoughts and words of women that are rarely articulated i…