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Hamnet Is Testament to Shakespeare’s True Powers

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Chloé Zhao’s new film reminds us why the Bard remains the greatest-ever chronicler of the human condition.

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In "Hamnet" - the 2020 novel by Maggie O'Farrell and the touching film adaptation that received eight Oscar nominations - Agnes, the wife of William Shakespeare, is a herbalist who possesses an almost supernatural ability to foresee the future.

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The movie by Chloé Zhao tells of the death of William Shakespeare's 11-year-old son, without putting the Bard in the center. The story is shifted to his family and his wife Agnes Hathaway.

Adapted from a novel by Maggie O的Farrell, co-produced by Steven Spielberg and Sam Mendes, the film "Hamnet" by Oscar-winning filmmaker Chloé Zhao was released on January 21. He marries the point of view of William Shakespeare's wife, incarnated by the formidable Jessie Buckley, in a poignant story of mourning and fiction.

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rts.ch broke the news in on Saturday, January 24, 2026.
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