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Hamnet. Maggie O’Farrell
Maggie O’Farrell

She’s like no one I’ve ever met… She’s like fire and water all at once.’ Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but hidden impulses, they create a life together and make a family.

As William moves to London to discover his place in the world of theatre, Agnes stays at home to raise their three children but she is the constant presence and purpose of his life. When the plague steals 11-year-old Hamnet from his loving parents, they must each confront their loss alone. And yet, out of the greatest suffering, something of extraordinary wonder is born.

This new play based on Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel and adapted by award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti (Life of Pi, Red Velvet, Hymn), pulls back a curtain on the imagined family life of the greatest writer in the English language. Hamnet is a love letter to passion, birth, grief and the magic of nature. This edition was published to coincide with the world premiere at the Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon, in April, 2023.

Headline Publishing Group (Mar 30, 2021)

9781472223821

Paperback

372 pages | 128 x 196 x 34 mm | 100 g | United Kingdom | English

Subject

Biographical
Contemporary
Family Life
Genre Fiction
Historical
History & Criticism
Literary
Literature & Fiction
Movements & Periods
Small Town & Rural