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Pryce, Hawkins land 'Hysteria' roles

Published Friday, May 1 2009, 08:48 BST | By Simon Reynolds
Pryce, Hawkins land 'Hysteria' roles

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Jonathan Pryce and Sally Hawkins have been cast in period drama Hysteria.

The film takes place in Victorian England and is about the invention of the first vibrator, according to Production Weekly.

Tanya Wexler is directing the movie based on a script from married writers Jonah Lisa Dyer and Stephen Dyer. Tracey Becker (Finding Neverland) will produce the film.

Pryce can next be seen in blockbuster G.I. Joe: The Rise Of Cobra, while Happy Go Lucky star Hawkins recently signed up to play a women's rights campaigner in We Want Sex.

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