John Shanken-Kaye, Emily West and Brian Kelly

Well, I'm going out on a limb and guess that this is a stage production and no one is really killing anyone.  The actors are doing a fine job - actually I thought the fellow not strangling the girl was maybe the director.  Anyhow all moral issues aside regarding strangulation and whether or not you should....this is an excellent black and white with super tonal range and great light and composition.

Kombizz, lol, who, the rich and powerful bad guy named Sterling in the play Mauritius. The actress Emily West's character gets strangled several nights a week as long as the play is running and even more if you count rehearsals. 

Dora, you are correct, everyone can relax,  it is only acting and it is a very good play about stamp collecting, or the darker side of it, full of twists and turns, bad guys, greed, cons.... I won't give out any spoiler alert, so if you ever go to see the play Mauritius I won't ruin it for you.

And thank you both for commenting.