- Sir Richard Eyre described trigger warnings as “ridiculous” and “childish”
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Shakespeare’s Globe theater has been criticized for warning audiences that its current production of Othello contains “stage blood” and “prop guns and knives.”
Some of the biggest names in British theater struck out last night after the London venue produced a lengthy trigger warning for its modern take on the Bard’s tale of jealousy, betrayal and murder.
The Globe guide highlights “issues of domestic abuse, misogyny, anti-Black racism, offensive language, violence, including murder, references to suicide, and scenes of a sexual nature.” She also warns that the production uses “stage blood and weapons (including prop guns, Tasers, knives and batons), flashing lights and loud gunshots.”
Some of the biggest names in British theater struck out last night after the theater produced a warning for Othello.
Othello, which tells the story of the rivalry between the eponymous Moorish military commander and his scheming “friend” Iago, ends with the main character, consumed by jealousy, murdering his beloved wife Desdemona.
The Globe guide highlights “issues of domestic abuse, misogyny, anti-Black racism, offensive language, violence, including murder, references to suicide, and scenes of a sexual nature.”
Othello, which tells the story of the rivalry between the eponymous Moorish military commander and his scheming ‘friend’ Iago, ends with the main character, consumed by jealousy, murdering his beloved wife Desdemona. It is currently performing at The Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.
Sir Richard Eyre, former director of the National Theatre, described the warnings as “ridiculous” and “childish”.
Dame Janet Suzman, who starred in a 1979 production of The Duchess of Malfi and directed a production of Othello ten years later, said: “If grown people bother to spend their good money on theater tickets, they are obviously willing to pay for the experience of a work of imagination.
‘People who like horror movies know what to expect. Same for the theater!’
Dame Maureen Lipman said: “Is this a totally different tribe from people who listen to ‘killer rap’, watch horror movies and play killer video games?”
A spokesman for Shakespeare’s Globe declined to comment.