A film adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel, starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley as the Bard and his wife, ...

Though little is known about the life of William Shakespeare's only son, historians say his premature death may have shaped ...

William Shakespeare is, arguably, the most influential writer in history, with lines that have been parroted both in and out ...

Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes Shakespeare – and the "soul-crushing" loss of their ...

Based on a 2020 novel by Maggie O'Farrell, director Chloé Zhao's film presupposes that “Hamlet” was not a reworking of the ...

"Hamnet," Chloé Zhao's adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's novel about the death of William Shakespeare's son is haunting.

"Hamnet," in theaters Wednesday, is a moving drama about grief and a refreshing exploration of William Shakespeare's famous ...

A new film, adapted from Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel, posits that the death of Shakespeare's 11-year-old son may have inspired one of the greatest fictional tragedies ever written.

In "Hamnet", O'Farrell presents Agnes, Shakespeare's wife, as a complex character with depth and agency, challenging the traditional narrative that has often portrayed her as a passive figure. The ...

Mescal, who plays the Bard in Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet, says Malgosia Turzanska's slashed-leather ensembles became "an access ...

Stream with KPBS+ / Watch Sunday, Nov. 16, 2025 at 10 p.m. on KPBS2. There are only two accepted representations of William ...