Characters: 3m, 4f / Interior In the Next Room or the vibrator play is a comedy about marriage, intimacy, and electricity. Set in the 1880s at the dawn of the age of electricity and based on the bizarre historical fact that doctors used vibrators to treat 'hysterical' women (and some men), the play centers on a doctor and his wife and how his new therapy affects their entire household. In a seemingly perfect, well-to-do Victorian home, proper gentleman and scientist Dr. Givings has innocently invented an extraordinary new device for treating "hysteria" in women (and occasionally men): the vibrator. Adjacent to the doctor's laboratory, his young and energetic wife tries to tend to their newborn daughter-and wonders exactly what is going on in the next room. When a new "hysterical" patient and her husband bring a wet nurse and their own complicated relationship into the doctor's home, Dr. and Mrs. Givings must examine the nature of their own marriage, and what it truly means to love someone. This laugh out loud, provocative and touching play premiered at Berkely Rep and subsequently marked Sarah Ruhl's Broadway debut opening at the Lyceum Theatre on November 19th, 2009. Winner! 2010 Will Glickman Award for Best New Play to Premiere in the Bay Area! "Insightful, fresh and funny, the play is as rich in thought as it is in feeling...one of the most gifted and adventurous American playwrights to emerge in recent years...In the Next Room is a true novelty: a sex comedy designed not for sniggering teenage boys - or grown men who wish they were still sniggering teenage boys - but for adults with open hearts and minds." -New York Times "A play that's smart, delicate and very, very funny!" -New York Post "If Henrik Ibsen and Oscar Wilde had decided to collaborate on a post-modern drawing-room comedy, the hotsy-totsy twosome surely would have turned out something very much like Sarah Ruhl's genuinely hysterical new work" -Theatremania "Sarah Ruhl, whose previous work I execrated, has written a smart, charming, iridescently funny-serious jewel...As Ruhl traces it with wit and insight, and without the slightest prurience, the birth of this new era gives rise to colorful events, astute psychological revelations and endearingly apt dialogue." -Bloomberg "The playwright mines her subject for suitably bawdy humor without resorting to vulgarity. But what really gives the work its distinction is its sensitive exploration of the physical and emotional repression suffered by the women of the era, which has yet to disappear entirely...The play beautifully balances its humor and pathos." -Hollywood Reporter
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这部作品以一种极其细腻和富有洞察力的方式,剖析了人与人之间微妙的情感联结,以及在特定历史背景下,个体在追求自我实现与社会规范之间的挣扎。作者的笔触如同雕刻家手中的凿子,精准地勾勒出那些被压抑的渴望与未说出口的秘密。我尤其欣赏它对环境细节的描绘,那种厚重的维多利亚时代气息,不仅仅是背景,更像是角色的另一种皮肤,无形中制约着他们的言行举止。故事的节奏把握得相当到位,它不是那种急于抛出所有信息的叙事,而是像一个熟练的魔术师,在你以为已经看清一切的时候,又悄无声息地抛出了新的谜团,让人忍不住想一探究竟。 观看过程中,我深刻体会到那种时代对女性精神世界的挤压感,那种想要冲破藩篱却又不得不屈从于礼教的无奈,真实得让人心痛。剧作的张力主要来源于角色之间那些未被满足的、近乎窒息的期待,每一次眼神的交汇,每一次不经意的触碰,都蕴含着远超字面意思的复杂情感。总而言之,这是一场关于压抑与释放的深刻探讨,它没有给出简单的答案,而是将所有的复杂性赤裸裸地呈现在观众面前,留下了无尽的思索空间。
评分说实话,刚开始我有点担心这部剧会过于晦涩难懂,毕竟题材和背景都设定在较为遥远的年代,但事实证明我的担忧是多余的。编剧高明的地方在于,尽管故事背景是历史性的,但它所触及的情感核心——关于亲密关系中的权力平衡、沟通的障碍,以及个人欲望的边界——却是极其现代和普世的。观看过程中,我发现自己不断地在思考剧中的人物关系,他们之间的界限是如何被模糊和挑战的。演员们的表现是教科书级别的,那种内敛的表演技巧,将角色内心的波涛汹涌处理得不动声色,仅仅依靠肢体语言和面部表情的微小变化,就传递出了巨大的情感信息量。 尤其赞赏的是对“进步”与“传统”这对矛盾的探讨。剧中那些看似前卫的尝试,在当时的环境下引发的连锁反应,清晰地揭示了社会变革往往伴随着巨大的精神阵痛。它不是一部简单的历史复述,而更像是一面镜子,映照出我们在面对新事物时的集体焦虑和不适感。这部戏的后劲非常大,散场后我仍旧在脑海中重演某些片段,久久不能平息。
评分这部剧的节奏感和音乐运用简直堪称一绝,它不是那种一板一眼的戏剧推进,而是充满了韵律感,像一首精心编排的交响乐。每一个场景的切换都充满了设计感,仿佛有一只无形的手在引导着观众的情绪起伏。导演的调度能力极强,对舞台空间的利用达到了出神入化的地步,即便是最细微的走位,也服务于整体的情感张力。我特别注意到,剧中有几处关键的情感爆发点,是通过突然的寂静来营造的,这种“反高潮”的处理方式比歇斯底里的呐喊更有冲击力,它强迫观众去倾听空气中弥漫的张力。 剧作对“专业性”和“私生活”的交叉点进行了深入挖掘,展现了当一个人在工作领域取得某种权威时,这种权威感如何渗透并扭曲了其在家庭和亲密关系中的角色定位。这种复杂的身份错位,是推动剧中悲剧性结局的关键动力之一。它成功地避免了将任何一方塑造成纯粹的恶人或圣人,每个人都有着自己难以言说的动机和苦衷,这使得整个故事的灰度非常丰富,耐人寻味。
评分我简直被这部剧的剧本结构迷住了,它简直是一部精妙的机械装置,每一个齿轮——每一个场景、每一句台词——都完美地咬合在一起,驱动着情节向前发展,同时又不断地制造出令人眩晕的戏剧冲突。它成功地将一个相对私密和局限的空间,拓展成了一个可以映射出整个社会心态的微观宇宙。剧本的厉害之处在于,它深知“留白”的艺术,它让你听见那些没有被说出口的话,感受到那些悬而未决的张力。很多时候,角色的潜台词比他们的实际对话要丰富得多,作者非常擅长利用沉默和停顿来增强戏剧效果,这对于一个舞台作品来说是至关重要的。 叙事视角非常成熟,它没有站在任何一个角色的立场上进行简单的道德审判,而是以一种近乎冷峻的客观态度,记录下他们在特定困境下的挣扎与选择。这种处理方式让观众得以保持一种清醒的距离感,从而能够更深入地分析事件背后的社会动因和人性弱点。我特别留意了服装和布景的设计,它们绝非简单的装饰,而是深刻服务于主题的符号语言,共同构建起一种既华丽又禁锢的氛围,令人印象深刻。
评分我必须承认,这部作品的对白是极其讲究的,充满了那个时代特有的典雅和克制,但在这份克制之下,潜藏着火山喷发般的能量。它不像现代剧那样直白地把主题摆在你面前,而是像一个精巧的迷宫,需要你全神贯注地去追踪每一条线索。剧本中对“交流障碍”的刻画尤为深刻,很多时候,角色们明明靠得那么近,却因为缺乏真正的理解和同理心,导致了彼此的渐行渐远。 这种艺术处理方式,让观众在观看时,也成为了一种主动的参与者,我们需要不断地去解读那些未被言明的意图。它探讨的伦理困境非常尖锐,迫使我们去思考,在追求个体福祉和维护社会秩序之间,那条看不见的红线究竟在哪里,以及当这条线被跨越时,会带来怎样不可逆转的后果。这部戏的服装和道具细节考究到了极致,它们不仅还原了历史场景,更是成为了角色内心挣扎的外化象征,极大地增强了沉浸感和说服力。 观看结束后,我感到了一种复杂的情绪交织——既有对某些角色命运的惋惜,也有对人性复杂性的深深敬畏。
评分Crystal很干脆的说:Cause I don't like her. Sarah Raul 有种轻飘飘的不真实感。是长处,也是短处。
评分我特喜欢这本! 维多利亚时代的黑暗面,科学和爱情,理性和欲望 每个人都很有趣,Viberator更有趣
评分Scene-partnered with Julien as Mrs Givings
评分Scene-partnered with Julien as Mrs Givings
评分Crystal很干脆的说:Cause I don't like her. Sarah Raul 有种轻飘飘的不真实感。是长处,也是短处。
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