Hamnet

Synopsis

Historical drama based on the 2020 novel by Maggie O’Farrell. After losing their son Hamnet to plague, Agnes (Jessie Buckley) and William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) grapple with grief in 16th-century England. As Agnes finds her inner strength to care for her surviving children while processing her devastating loss, William is inspired to write his timeless masterpiece “Hamlet.”