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“Hamnet” author Maggie O’Farrell talks bringing story of Shakespeare’s son to the screen (exclusive)

The author helped adapt her 2020 bestselling novel into a new film directed by Chloé Zhao, starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal Maggie O'Farrell's 2020 novel Hamnet, about the life and death of ...
The New York Times

What ‘Hamnet’ Lost (and Gained) on the Way From Page to Screen

The filmmaker Chloé Zhao and the novelist-turned-screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell explained the changes they made in the tale of Shakespeare, his wife and their son. By Sarah Bahr Chloé Zhao had always ...
The Conversation

It takes many ghosts to make a story: how Maggie O'Farrell’s Hamnet takes from – and mistakes – Shakespeare

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