Othello

There are scenes of domestic abuse, including a prolonged sequence in which a man strangles his wife to the point of unconsciousness before breaking her neck. Other people are attacked with bladed weapons, resulting in bloody aftermath detail.

Scenes of threatening and aggressive behaviour are occasionally moderate and sustained.

There is infrequent use of strong language (‘f**k’). Milder terms include ‘whore’, ‘bloody’ and ‘damn’.

Occasional moderate sex references and innuendo include a reference to a couple ‘making the beast with two backs’. A woman is described as a ‘hussy’ and a ‘bawd’ who ‘sells her desires’ for money.

Scenes of racism and sexism include use of discriminatory terms such as ‘black ram’, ‘lusty moor’, ‘barbarian’, ‘bloody foreigner’, ‘whore’, ‘strumpet’, ‘hussy’ and ‘bawd’. A white man rants that his daughter would never fall in love with a Black man without being forced by drugs or witchcraft.

Moderate bloody images occur in the aftermath of knife violence.

A character takes their own life, without graphic visual detail. Other scenes contain infrequent verbal references to suicide.

There are prolonged scenes of emotional distress.

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