Posted on 10/29/2021 11:36:26 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
A London theatre has added a ‘trigger warning’ to its production of William Shakespeare’s 415-year-old play Macbeth.
The Almeida Theatre in London includes this “content warning”: “This production includes extreme scenes of violence, including violence against children, suicide, and the use of blood, firearms and knives. It also contains flashing lights, vaping and the smoking of real cigarettes.”
It further directed viewers to the Samaritans suicide charity “if you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this production” of the over-400-year-old play, which as The Times noted, is considered suitable for children and often taught in school to eight-year-olds.
Sited on the grounds of Shakespeare’s original theatre, the Globe in London issued a trigger warning for its summer performance of Romeo and Juliet, warning audiences that it contained drug use, fake blood, and perhaps the most well-known themes of the famous play, suicide. The Globe Theatre also directed viewers to the Samaritans and another mental health charity.
“This production contains depictions of suicide, moments of violence and references to drug use. It contains gunshot sound effects and the use of stage blood. If you have been affected by any of the issues raised in this production, please find details below of organisations offering advice and support,” the warning had said at the time.
It is not the first time that the Bard has been subject to trigger warnings, with students from the prestigious Cambridge University being given such content alerts before a 2017 lecture on Titus Andronicus and The Comedy of Errors because they contained themes on violence and sexual violence. Some academics had remarked that if English literature students are not aware what the plays are about, then perhaps they should not be studying at one of the top universities in the world.
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It gave me nightmares when I was 9.
I missed that part in HS.......................
I wonder what they think of Roman Polanski’s film adaptation. I saw that in high school back in the 1980s as part studying the play, lol.
MacBeth! MacBeth!
It also includes bearded women. Its got something for everyone, even in the modern age.
I would use that as an advert!
Looks like it is.
So many delicate snowflakes these days . . .
Bubble effin’ wrap...
So how is this any different from the violent movies being produced today?
Er, perhaps a dagger warning would be more appropriate...
All kinds of things can trigger negative emotions. Maybe people should line their walls with cork, cut off all media, and live as hermits.
A dear friend of mine died a number of years ago. I went through a horrible grief for about a year. I couldn’t go out without running into something that reminded me of her and triggered the grief. She liked Peeps at Easter and I saw them in the store and that did it. It never occurred to me to ask the store to remove the Peeps. Emotional pain is part of everyone’s life. You deal with it. Dealing with it doesn’t mean expecting the world to accommodate and protect you. That goes double for things that simply offend you.
Next up, the Merchant of Venice and Taming of the Shrew.
Good thing it is not a live production of THRONE OF BLOOD or RAN.
I am soooo glad that I went to real schools.
Pity the idiots who are sentenced to ‘publik skoolz’ and who will be doomed forever to actually believe the media.
I think they should cancel the production and never do it again.
Just to be safe.
I was concerned that Lady Macbeth would give me flashbacks of Hillary Clinton, but then I remembered that they are nothing alike because Lady Macbeth was wracked by guilt over what she had done.
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