Characters
Who is the wet nurse in the play?
Who is Elizabeth
True or false? The vibrator was invented for pleasure?
False - It was invented as a medical tool
What city does In the Next Room take place?
What is New York City
Who wrote In The Next Room or The Vibrator Play?
Who is Sarah Ruhl
What items are getting turned on and off at the beginning of the play?
What is a lamp
Who is Dr. Givings married to?
Who is Catherine Givings
True or false? In the Next Room is considered a feminist play?
What is true?
What month does the play take place in?
What is November
The play was nominated for three of these prestigious theatre awards in 2010
What are Tony Awards?
What does Catherine do after Mr. Daldry kisses her?
What is she slaps him
What is the name of Dr. Givings assistant?
Who is Annie
True or False? The vibrator was used to cure "hysteria" in women and the rare case of male hysteria
What is true
The play is set in this time period, often associated with strict social codes and modesty, at the dawn of the age of electricity.
What is the Victorian Era (or the 1880s)?
The play is about the invention of what thing?
what is the vibrator
How do Catherine and Sabrina open the door to the operating theatre after Dr. Givings locked it?
What is they pick the lock with a hat pin
What is the name of the male patient?
Who is Leo Irving
Elizabeth's son also died from "hysteria."
False - He died from cholera
What major historical event happened prior to the setting for the play?
What is the Civil War
What year did In The Next Room open on Broadway?
What was 2009
In Act I, Scene II what causes the power to go out?
What is Dr. Giving turning the vibrator up
What is the nickname for Letitia used in the play?
What is Lotty
Mrs. Givings is fully aware of the nature of the treatments her husband performs in the next room from the beginning of the play.
False - She is unaware of what is happening in the Operating Theatre
What are the two main rooms in the play?
What is the living room and the operating theatre
In The Next Room was a finalist for what prize?
What is a Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Who begs to go to Paris with Leo?
Who is Mrs. Givings