Uploaded June 2025 | Updated September 2026, 7 hours ago

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Award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti shares a message about HAMNET for CST's 2025/26 Season Announcement.

When the plague steals 11-year-old Hamnet from his loving parents, Agnes and William Shakespeare, they must each confront their loss alone. And yet, out of the greatest suffering, something of extraordinary wonder is born. Experience the RSC’s stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel, adapted by award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti, and directed by Erica Whyman. Hamnet is a love letter to passion, birth, grief, and the magic of nature.

The Royal Shakespeare Company and Neal Street Productions present
Maggie O’Farrell’s
HAMNET
Adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti
Directed by Erica Whyman
The Yard
February 10–March 8, 2026