‘Hamnet’ Shows The Salvific Power Of Theatre When Facing Grief
Chloé Zhao brings to the silver screen Maggie O’Farrell’s novel, that retraces the fate of one of William Shakespeare’s children, that eventually inspired him to write his play Hamlet. In fact, the written prologue states that in Stratford, ‘Hamnet’ and ‘Hamlet’ were considered the same name. Hamnet chronicles the relationship between the Bard (Paul Mescal)…

