Hugh Dancy
Dr. Mortimer Granville
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Dec 14, 2011 · Hysteria: Directed by Tanya Wexler. With Hugh Dancy, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Jonathan Pryce, Felicity Jones. The truth of how Mortimer Granville devised the invention of the first vibrator in the name of medical science.
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- Biography, Comedy, Romance
- Tanya Wexler
- 2011-12-14
Hysteria is a 2011 British period romantic comedy film directed by Tanya Wexler. It stars Hugh Dancy and Maggie Gyllenhaal, with Felicity Jones, Jonathan Pryce, and Rupert Everett appearing in key supporting roles. The film, set in the Victorian era, shows how the medical management of hysteria led to the invention of the vibrator.
May 23, 2012 · Directed by. Tanya Wexler. "First, do no harm," the Hippocratic Oath admonishes doctors. By this standard, Dr. Robert Dalrymple must have been one of the few practitioners of the Victorian era with a sterling record.
In an age of invention, one man set out to find a medical cure for what ailed women…and accidentally electrified our love lives forever. HYSTERIA is a lighthearted romantic comedy that tells the surprising story of the birth of the electro-mechanical vibrator at the very peak of Victorian prudishness.
