Hamnet

Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell’s acclaimed novel, is now a major film. O’Farrell and director Chloé Zhao discuss adapting the story of Shakespeare’s son, reimagining Shakespeare as a husband and father, and building the film’s vivid world.

Lolita Chakrabarti on writing the Shakespeare family, puppet kestrels, Ira Aldridge, and adapting Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet for the stage.