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Evening Standard
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Charlotte McLaughlin

Ralph Fiennes calls for trigger warnings to be scrapped as theatre should 'shock and disturb audiences'

Ralph Fiennes has called for trigger warnings, which let audiences know if there is upsetting content, to be scrapped saying people should be “shocked and disturbed” by theatre.

The 61-year-old British actor, known for period drama The English Patient, holocaust film Schindler’s List and comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel, is starring in an immersive touring production of William Shakespeare’s Macbeth.

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