Joan Schweighardt (@joanschweighardt.bsky.social)

With the movie version of Hamnet set to open in theaters in days, it's time to rethink what history has told us about this moment in Shakespeare's life and what gap areas author Maggie O'Farrell had to fill in to create this masterpiece of a story. www.bbc.com/culture/arti...

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'History has treated her badly': Hamnet and the 400-year-old mystery around Shakespeare's wife and son Oscar-tipped new film Hamnet imagines the home life of William and Agnes Shakespeare – and the "soul-crushing" loss of their child. It's a powerful story that fills in many blanks. https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20251120-hamnet-and-the-mystery-around-shakespeares-wife-and-son?at_campaign_type=owned&at_medium=emails&at_objective=awareness&at_ptr_type=email&at_ptr_name=salesforce&at_campaign=essentiallisttu&at_email_send_date=20251125&at_send_id=4501801&at_link_title=https%3a%2f%2fwww.bbc.com%2fculture%2farticle%2f20251120-hamnet-and-the-mystery-around-shakespeares-wife-and-son&at_bbc_team=crm&at_audience_id=132801037