Jessie Buckley, already the Best Actress Oscar frontrunner, is remarkable as William Shakespeare’s wife Agnes in Chloé Zhao’s ...

Director Chloe Zhao’s earthy and sensuous film Hamnet is based on the book by Maggie O’ Farrell, who also co-wrote the ...

Arts editor Nina Nannar speaks to the director and stars of the film, which tells the largely unknown story of William ...

Hamnet differs from its big screen predecessors in putting Shakespeare's wife Agnes at the heart of the film and depicting ...

Shakespeare is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest English language writers of all time. His beautiful language, portrayals of human nature, and mastery of writing dirty jokes have all landed ...

With Shakespeare celluloid fervour mounting, it seems an apposite time to reflect upon the mighty cinematic influence that he has had, his plays inspiring thousands of films from the very beginning of ...

Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 novel Hamnet took on one of the greatest giants of all, William Shakespeare, and successfully ...

I’m a pretty big nerd when it comes to Shakespeare, no matter how crazy his plays can get. I have my mom’s college copy of The Riverside Shakespeare on my bookshelf, and I sometimes take it out for a ...

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Classical theatre is a rarefied ecosystem with an elite class of practitioners. In ...

A Shakespeare adaptation with an impressive A-list cast is streaming on Apple TV+ now, after others have enjoyed a period TV series with legendary stars and a Charles Dickens drama. This movie came ...