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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If you didn’t get a chance to see Macbeth before woke moderns took over theater, it’s too late now. Nothing in theater or opera is set in the actual original time periods any longer.
Oh that happened ages ago. I never saw it but this very play Macbeth was set to a Mexican setting along with Sombreros etc back in the 60s or 70s.
It used to be original to do it that way. Now it is the norm. It would be daring and original these days to do it in ancient Scotland.
“Fair is foul, and foul is fair”
Macbeth, Act I, Scene 1
And yet, TV.
Theater of the Absurd Fops.
To the producer, “The Devil damn thee. black thou. cream faced loon.”
"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."
They forgot "Spoiler Alert". Thanks MarvinStinson. I wonder what they'll do next time someone screens Bambi or Old Yeller.
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“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.”
These sure aren’t the Brits who stood alone in the early days of WW2 are they?
Trigger warnings on Shakespeare? Good Lord!
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