The film starring Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley is inspired by William Shakespeare and the death of his son Hamnet, but how ...

Maggie O’Farrell’s award-winning, best-selling novel, *Hamnet*, has been adapted into a film featuring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, praised critically. The film explores William Shakespeare's ...

Learn all the basics about the life of Warwickshire's most famous and loved playwright, from his birth right through to his death. Shakespeare literally invented 1,700 words in the English language.

Director Chloe Zhao’s earthy and sensuous film Hamnet is based on the book by Maggie O’ Farrell, who also co-wrote the screenplay. It not only foregrounds Shakespeare’s personal rather than ...

William Shakespeare had a son, Hamnet, who likely inspired one of his most famous plays and who died when he was 11 years old. Novelist Maggie O'Farrell was disappointed that more people weren't ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By James Shapiro THE PRIVATE LIFE OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE By Lena Cowen Orlin Much of the evidence ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Since Shakespeare’s time, some critics and scholars have been unable to believe that a country boy from ...

Only portrait of dramatist in life hung unidentified for centuries. LONDON, March 9, 2009— -- The only portrait of William Shakespeare made during his life has been discovered in the private ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Chapter One There Was a Starre Daunst, and Under That Was I Borne William Shakespeare is popularly supposed to have been born on 23 April 1564, or St. George ...

William Shakespeare needs no introduction. It is impossible to imagine English literature without this literary giant.