National Theatre Live: Othello

A man pulls his wife's hair before forcing a kiss on her, another man grabs his wife by the throat and, in a later scene, the same man strangles his wife. A woman has a cut and bruised face, and there are also brief verbal references to domestic abuse. Domestic abuse is not condoned by the work as a whole. There are also brief stabbings and fight scenes; however, these scenes are darkly lit and impact detail is also masked.

There is moderate bad language ('whore'), as well as milder terms (for example, 'harlot', 'Christ', 'God', 'damn').

There is discrimination and racism in scenes in which people refer to Othello in derogatory fashion (for example, "Filthy black Moor", "Sooty ram"). However, discrimination and racism are not condoned by the work as a whole.

There is brief sight of a man's heavily bloodstained face. In another scene, a man briefly cuts his own hand accompanied by brief wound detail and blood on his hand. There is also brief sight of blood in the aftermath of violence.

A man takes his own life in a scene in which he stabs himself; however, there is limited detail. There are also brief verbal suicide references.

This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.