Hamnet, a story based on William Shakespeare's life, is dominating the headlines right now, but many fans are left wondering ...

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

"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 ...

With cinema-goers flocking to Hamnet, about the life of Shakespeare and Anne Hathaway, Stratford-upon-Avon is bracing itself ...

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

William Shakespeare is, arguably, the most influential writer in history, with lines that have been parroted both in and out of the context of his plays for centuries. “Hamnet” is a testament to the ...

The opening of Hamnet echoes that of Hamlet. In the novel’s first scene, Hamnet explores an empty house. O’Farrell gives him ...

Any biography of Shakespeare has to be based on supposition. As Rodney Bolt demonstrates (quoting Mark Twain), the facts of the playwright’s life can be set out in about four pages. The most recent ...

In the final act of “The Tempest,” the wizardly Prospero may have drowned his book of spells. But of making books about Shakespeare there is no end. In particular, a set of questions about the ...

William Shakespeare is known for distinctly different kinds of fiction. He has his tragedies, his comedies, and his histories ...

William Shakespeare needs no introduction. It is impossible to imagine English literature without this literary giant. Without even realising we use s.