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Hysteria

Two doctors in Victorian England use manual stimulation of female genitalia to cure their patients' ills, leading to the invention of the vibrator.

Cast

Maggie Gyllenhaal

Maggie Gyllenhaal

as Charlotte Dalrymple

Hugh Dancy

Hugh Dancy

as Dr. Mortimer Granville

Jonathan Pryce

Jonathan Pryce

as Dr. Robert Dalrymple

Felicity Jones

Felicity Jones

as Emily Dalrymple

Rupert Everett

Rupert Everett

as Lord Edmund St. John-Smythe

Ashley Jensen

Ashley Jensen

as Fanny

Sheridan Smith

Sheridan Smith

as Molly the Lolly

Gemma Jones

Gemma Jones

as Lady St. John-Smythe

Tobias Menzies

Tobias Menzies

as Mr. Squyers

Malcolm Rennie

Malcolm Rennie

as Lord St. John-Smythe

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