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Hamnet
2023
Swan Theatre, Stratford Upon Avon Spring 2023 - Garrick Theatre, West End, Autumn 2023
"ELEGANT AND BEGUILING"
EVENING STANDARD
"PURE THEATRE GOLD"
MAIL ON SUNDAY
"THE EVENING SOARS AND SEARS"
DAILY TELEGRAPH
'She’s like no one I’ve ever met... She’s like fire and water all at once.'
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.
Based on Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling book and adapted by award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti (Life of Pi, Red Velvet, Hymn), Hamnet pulls back a curtain on the story of the greatest writer in the English language and the woman who was the constant presence and purpose of his life.
Hamnet is a love letter to passion, birth, grief and the magic of nature.
Directed by Erica Whyman
Set Design by Tom Piper,
Lighting by Prema Mehta,
Sound by Simon Baker,
Music by Oğuz Kaplangi,
Movement by Ayse Tashkiran,
Fights by Kate Waters
Casting by Amy Ball CDG,
CAST (West End): Gabriel Akuwudike, Sarah Belcher, Will Brown, Haydn Burke, Ajani Cabey, Faye Campbell, Phoebe Campbell, Mhairi Gayer, Frankie Hastings, Karl Haynes, Alex Jarrett, Madeline Mantock, Hannah McPake, Liza Sadovy, Tom Varey, Peter Wight