Works about Hamlet

Hamnet is a 2025 historical drama film directed by Chloé Zhao, who co-wrote the screenplay with Maggie O'Farrell, based on the 2020 novel by O'Farrell. The film dramatises the family life of William Shakespeare and his wife Agnes Hathaway as they cope with the death of their 11-year-old son Hamnet. It stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal as Agnes and William, alongside Emily Watson, Joe Alwyn, and Jacobi Jupe in supporting roles.

2020 novel by Maggie O'Farrell

1995 film by Kenneth Branagh

musical that premiered on Broadway in 2015

2024 documentary film directed by Pinny Grylls and Sam Crane