How Composer Max Richter Used Elizabethan-Era Instruments and a Women’s Choir to Shape ‘Hamnet’s’ Emotional Tone

Composer Max Richter turned to Elizabethan-era instruments and a women’s choir to help find “ Hamnet ‘s” emotional tone.

What ‘Hamnet’ Gets Right and Wrong About William Shakespeare’s Life and Family

Hamnet’ is a family drama about William Shakespeare, his wife Agnes, and their children. Learn how the movie blends fact and ...
Cork Beo

Call to revoke well-known Cork busker's permit as Council crack down on noisy street performers

A Cork City Councillor has launched a motion to revoke one of Cork city 's most well-known buskers' right to perform, citing ...

Did Shakespeare Author His Plays? Some Argue for Francis Bacon or Christopher Marlowe Instead.

Some theories suggest that poet and playwright William Shakespeare was not the real author of his famous works, including ...

Mrs. Shakespeare, Credit Hog

Hamnet is an Oscar-bait prestige picture aimed at Hollywood’s known prejudices, its period setting meant to convince viewers that all is good with a feminist bourgeois approach to the world — same as ...

‘On the Nature of Daylight’ Changed the Ending of ‘Hamnet’ and It’s All Jessie Buckley’s Fault

Composer Max Richter tells IndieWire about putting little gracenotes into his powerful score for the Chloe Zhao film.

The surprisingly short history of movies about Shakespeare

Remarkably few movies have taken a look at the life of the Bard. With the release of 'Hamnet,' we look back on three past ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency

After facing criticism, Dublin tables proposal to rename Herzog Park — for now

Israel's president, son of the park's namesake, and Ireland's prime minister had both criticized the proposal.
The Times of Israel

Dublin City Council halts plans to rename city’s Herzog Park after backlash from Irish government

Ireland has been among the most outspoken critics of Israel’s war in Gaza, and the plan to rename the capital’s Herzog Park followed a campaign by pro-Palestinian activists. The proposal had been ...
The Times of Israel

Dublin city councilors accuse ‘Zionist lobby’ of quashing proposal to rename Herzog Park

While the City Council voted Monday to table the measure for now, Irish Jews express concern over 'palpable hatred' voiced during the debate ...
NPR

Forget 'Shakespeare in Love' — 'Hamnet' explores Shakespeare in grief

In her moving 2020 novel, Hamnet, the Northern Irish writer Maggie O'Farrell explored the possibility that a real-life tragedy may have inspired one of the greatest fictional tragedies ever written.
Variety

How ‘Hamnet’s’ Production Designer Built a Replica of Shakespeare’s Globe in Less Than Four Months

“Hamnet” production designer Fiona Crombie is no stranger to the world of William Shakespeare. Over two decades ago, she designed “Hamlet” for Australia’s Bell Shakespeare Company. “I don’t think I ...