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While often technically impressive, “Hamnet” portrays grief with the subtlety of a brick to the head. One could argue that any piece of art is inherently emotionally manipulative, but Zhao seems to be ...

Back in Ireland for the premiere of their new historical drama, based on Maggie O'Farrell's novel about William Shakespeare's ...

I would never be so presumptuous, nor so incorrect, as to compare myself to William Shakespeare. But the portrayal of Shakespeare’s brand of grief in “Hamnet” — his need to put words to and make a ...

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