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The author of a new book about William Shakespeare is claiming that the works of the famed playwright were actually written ...

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Dec. 15 (UPI) --William Shakespeare grieves the loss of his son, Hamnet, in the film of the same name, which arrived in theaters in November and stars Paul Mescal as the famous playwright. The movie ...

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A lost play known as the “Ur-Hamlet” may have existed before Shakespeare’s famous version. Debate continues over whether Thomas Kyd—or Shakespeare himself—wrote this earlier play. The mystery of the ...

Hamnet follows the ups and downs of the Bard’s marriage that resulted in one of his most famous plays. William Shakespeare (Paul Mescal) refuses to give up his literary aspirations, so he begrudgingly ...

Jessie Buckley as Agnes and Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare in director Chloé Zhao’s "Hamnet." (Courtesy Agata Grzybowska/Focus Features) And boy, was I annoyed by “Hamnet.” It’s the worst movie ...

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