National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire

sexual violence, strong language, domestic abuse

Director(s)Benedict Andrews

Production year2014

Release date05/06/2025

Genre(s)Performance

Approx. running minutes189m

CastGillian Anderson, Clare Burt, Lachele Carl, Branwell Donaghey, Otto Farrant, Ben Foster, Nicholas Gecks, Troy Glasgow, Stephanie Jacob, Corey Johnson, Benedict Andrews, Nick Wickham, Tennessee Williams, Emma Keith, Alex Baranowski

National Theatre Live: A Streetcar Named Desire

sexual violence, strong language, domestic abuse

This is a recording of the Young Vic theatre's 2014 production of Tennessee Williams' play about a woman whose arrival i ...

This is a recording of the Young Vic theatre's 2014 production of Tennessee Williams' play about a woman whose arrival in her sister's household causes tensions, above all with her brother-in-law.

violence

language

sex

sexual violence and sexual threat

injury detail

theme

alcohol and smoking

threat and horror

sexual violence, strong language, domestic abuse

Classified Date:

02/05/2025

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

National Theatre

violence

In one scene, a woman smashes a beer bottle and brandishes it towards a man, and he grips her wrist to make her drop it.

language

One of the actors has a tattoo on his arm that includes the word 'motherf**ker', which is occasionally legible.

sex

Two characters have sex; this is portrayed in a dance-like manner but with an intense tone. There are also moderate sex references, including to a person being fired from their job after being 'mixed up with' a teenager.

sexual violence and sexual threat

There is a scene in which a man rapes a woman; he pulls her dress over her head and is briefly seen thrusting on top of her. There is no nudity.

injury detail

A woman is shown with a bloody nose as a result of domestic violence.

theme

There is a theme of domestic abuse, which includes a man punching a woman in the face.

alcohol and smoking

Adult characters smoke cigarette and drink.

sexual violence, domestic abuse

Classified Date:

19/09/2014

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

National Theatre

violence

There is a scene of sexual violence in which a woman's dress is pulled over her head and a man is briefly seen thrusting on top of her. There is no nudity. There is also a theme of domestic abuse which includes a woman being punched in the face as well as further sight of injury.

Classified Date:

24/04/2025

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

National Theatre

Classified Date:

02/09/2014

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

National Theatre

Classified date02/05/2025

LanguageEnglish

violence

language

sex

sexual violence and sexual threat

injury detail

theme

alcohol and smoking

threat and horror

Director(s)Benedict Andrews

Production year2014

Release date05/06/2025

Genre(s)Performance

Approx. running minutes189m

sexual violence, strong language, domestic abuse

Classified Date:

02/05/2025

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

National Theatre

violence

In one scene, a woman smashes a beer bottle and brandishes it towards a man, and he grips her wrist to make her drop it.

language

One of the actors has a tattoo on his arm that includes the word 'motherf**ker', which is occasionally legible.

sex

sexual violence and sexual threat

There is a scene in which a man rapes a woman; he pulls her dress over her head and is briefly seen thrusting on top of her. There is no nudity.

injury detail

A woman is shown with a bloody nose as a result of domestic violence.

theme

There is a theme of domestic abuse, which includes a man punching a woman in the face.

alcohol and smoking

Adult characters smoke cigarette and drink.

sexual violence, domestic abuse

Classified Date:

19/09/2014

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

National Theatre

violence

Classified Date:

24/04/2025

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

National Theatre

Classified Date:

02/09/2014

Version:

Use:

Cinema

Distributor:

National Theatre

Classified date02/05/2025

LanguageEnglish