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Hamnet movie. Was "Hamlet" healing for Mrs. Shakespeare?

by Jonathan Mandell

The scenes from the play "Hamlet" will make you cry in this latest film from Oscar-winning director Chloé Zhao ("Nomadland"), but there is a catch. The scenes don't occur until more than 90 minutes into "Hamnet," after a story that focuses on a free-spirited woman named Agnes. Her story becomes a romance, then a family...

SOURCE: New York Theater at 4:08pm on December 5, 2025