Hamnet
2025
In 16th-century England, Agnes and her husband William Shakespeare navigate the devastating grief of losing their young son to plague. The film imagines how that private tragedy may have inspired Shakespeare's most celebrated work.
Director
- Chloé Zhao
Cast
- Jessie Buckley
- Paul Mescal
- Emily Watson
- Joe Alwyn
- Jacobi Jupe
- Anthony Boyle
- Ciarán Hinds
- Mia Tharia
- Mark O'Halloran
Filming Locations
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Aylburton
The forest to which Agnes retreats and where she gives birth to her first daughter Judith.
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Cwmmau Farmhouse
A medieval National Trust property on the English-Welsh border; serves as Agnes's childhood home. Filmed July–September 2024.
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Elstree Studios
A scaled-down replica of the Globe Theatre was built here for the heart-wrenching Hamlet premiere finale. The real Shakespeare's Globe in Southwark was not used.
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The Charterhouse
The ancient walled Charterhouse complex served as almost all of Shakespeare's London; the city scenes when Will moves to London were filmed here.
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Weobley
Stood in as 16th-century Stratford-upon-Avon throughout much of the film; one of the best-preserved Tudor villages in England, used extensively for period street scenes.