If there is anything that years of experiments in the genre have taught us, it’s that it’s difficult to make a good film about a great man. The entrants in this genre, from A Beautiful Mind (2001) to ...

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

Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s bestselling novel, Hamnet tells a heartbreaking story about William Shakespeare, his wife Agnes, ...

Paul Mescal has denied the suggestion that he is too good-looking to play William Shakespeare. The Irish actor, 29, stars as ...

In her eighth novel Hamnet, Maggie O’Farrell imagines the short life and tragic death of Shakespeare’s only son, aged 11, in ...

"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 ...

Did William Shakespeare write Hamlet because his young son died? It’s one ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. For being arguably the most influential storyteller in the English language, William Shakespeare is nearly absent ...