Varey, who played William Shakespeare in the world premiere of Hamnet at the Royal Shakespeare Company, will play narrator and protagonist Tom Wingfield, with Small, who has performed in Nye ...

He’s the most performed playwright in history. But which of William Shakespeare’s plays do twenty-first century Brits actually like the most? Back in 2016, we marked the celebrations around ...

Hamnet’s body laid out and prepared for burial ... who plays the free-spirited Agnes, Shakespeare’s wife, and Paul Mescal as Shakespeare. A starry Hollywood film adaptation is surely another ...

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The historical drama delves into the emotional and artistic impact of Hamnet’s death on the Shakespeare family, offering an intimate look at the life of the renowned playwright and his family.

William's young son Hamnet dies, a new theatre is built at Southwark and King James goes to Macbeth. Read by Toby Stephens. Show more Shakespeare returned to Stratford because his only son Hamnet ...

The birthplace of “the Great Man”, there are many “key” William Shakespeare sites to visit here – “not to mention the actual plays, of course”, courtesy of the Royal Shakespeare Company.