Chloé Zhao's film, like Maggie O'Farrell's book, is built on a thin layer of historical truth. Here's what little we know.

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

That leaves numerous questions regarding what is and isn't true in Hamnet, and what's been added just for the story's ...

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

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

Amazon has teamed up with historian Dominic Sandbrook to explore how some of history's greatest thinkers might have organised their ideas using digital writing tools ...

Reams of scholarship and fictional takes have imagined how Shakespeare’s earthly life influenced his plays. “Hamnet” isn’t one of them. The boldly devastating film from Oscar-winning director Chloé ...

Through Anne Hathaway, dozens of authors and readers have created an imaginary through-line to the poet's supposed innermost thoughts, desires, habits, and actions, in hopes of unlocking the secrets ...

"Shakespeare in Prague" might seem like something of an oxymoron. But from the early 17th century, when English traveling companies toured continental Europe, through to modern times, the people of ...

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Chloe Zhaó's new movie imagines how Shakespeare channeled grief over the loss his son into 'Hamlet.' Here's what scholars say ...