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.

Directed by Pamela Rabe and starring Jacqueline McKenzie.

Pamela Rabe and Jacqueline McKenzie | Photo by Jane Shields

Source: abc.net.au | February 2011