TBNT S03E07 | Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell: Shakespeare's Domestic Life and Tragedy
Mar 11, 2020•58 min
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Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell was just long-listed for the Women's Prize for fiction. What makes people over five hundred years later still speculate on Shakespeare's life? How much did the death of his son Hamnet influenced his tragedy Hamlet? Was the name coincidental or deliberate? Was it a way to process his grief? Surprisingly we found the main character in this novel is his wife, called Agnes and her inner life and sacrifices...
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