BAFTA, Hamnet and British Academy Film Awards
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"Hamnet," a William Shakespeare-inspired historical drama starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, is new on streaming this week. Find out when and where you can watch the movie at home.
To be sure, this theatrical adaptation of the beautiful Maggie O’Farrell novel has some stiff competition from the recent movie.
Hamnet director Chloe Zhao says the hit film has ‘some energy’ from Ireland - The film, which took home two gongs at this years’ Bafta film awards, showcases Irish talent.
The 36-year-old Irishwoman also discusses how she was shaped with people like Cameron Mackintosh and Dame Judi Dench and past projects like 'Wild Rose,' 'The Lost Daughter' and 'Women Talking.'
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Hamnet explores Shakespeare's grief and enduring love
Poet Jeong Ji-yong captured the anguish of losing a young child in his poem *Window* (1929). *With delicate lung vessels torn asunder / Ah, you flew away like a mountain bird!* The sorrow of bereavement,
Hamnet Shakespeare died in 1596, about five years before his father’s epic tragedy “Hamlet” premiered. The stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s 2020 historical fiction book about the Bard and his first wife and son is running at Chicago Shakespeare Theater until March 8.
LONDON, Feb 19 (Reuters) - "Hamnet" could edge ahead of "One Battle After Another" and "Sinners" to win the top prize at the BAFTAs, as the heartbreaker about Shakespeare, his wife Agnes and the death of their son is likely to win over British voters,