Originally co-commissioned with The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), the world-premiere stage production of Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti, opened in the newly refurbished Swan Theatre, Stratford-upon-Avon in April 2023 and played a sold-out run there before transferring to the Garrick Theatre in London's West End in September 2023. More recently, it was announced that Hamnet would be touring in the USA in 2026, starting in Washington, DC in the Spring.
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.
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.
Hamnet is a co-production between Neal Street and the RSC, in association with Hera Pictures.
