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The director emeritus at the theatre company made the comments during a lecture at London South Bank University, The Stage reports.
It comes amid increasing calls for warnings to be put ahead of some of Britain's most renowned plays and pieces of literature.
The Harry Potter star, 60, said that stage performances should leave audiences 'shocked and disturbed' adding that the element of surprise is 'what makes threatre so exciting'.
Ralph Fiennes has called for trigger warnings to be ditched and said stage performances ought to leave audiences “shocked and disturbed”.
Award-winning actor says stage performances ought to leave theatregoers ‘shocked and disturbed’