This is based on the book Hamnet , which I have not read, about William Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway — or Agnes, apparently, per some documents — and the effects of the death of their son Hamnet. Who did apparently inspire Hamlet , in part? Very creative, Bill. Personally I prefer the actual TRUE version of how that play happened . And now that I know this is based in a true story, I can’t really complain that Hamnet sounds more like an old-school Hamilton fan site. SIGH. I guess all that’s left is to watch this thing.

Or perhaps not! Yet again we are promised harrowing childbirth scenes and visceral grief. Variety ’s subhed on its review says , “It’s impossible to overstate how radical — and for some, no doubt unwatchable — the ‘Nomadland’ director’s adaptation of M

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