<description>&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Hamnet &lt;/em&gt;tells the fictionalized account of the lives of William Shakespeare and his wife, played by Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley. They fall in love, have children, suffer an unspeakable tragedy. When their only son dies, it creates a rift in their marriage and inspires Will to write one of his greatest works–&lt;em&gt;Hamlet&lt;/em&gt;. Directed by Chloé Zhao (&lt;em&gt;Nomadland&lt;/em&gt;), it does everything it can to make you cry a whole lot.&lt;p dir="ltr"&gt;&lt;a href="https://letterboxd.com/nprpopculture/"target="_blank" &gt;Follow Pop Culture Happy Hour on Letterboxd at &lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://letterboxd.com/nprpopculture"target="_blank" &gt;letterboxd.com/nprpopculture&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Learn more about sponsor message choices: &lt;a href="https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices"&gt;podcastchoices.com/adchoices&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.npr.org/about-npr/179878450/privacy-policy"&gt;NPR Privacy Policy&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Pop Culture Happy Hour

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Hamnet

DEC 1, 202516 MIN
Pop Culture Happy Hour

Hamnet

DEC 1, 202516 MIN

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Hamnet tells the fictionalized account of the lives of William Shakespeare and his wife, played by Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley. They fall in love, have children, suffer an unspeakable tragedy. When their only son dies, it creates a rift in their marriage and inspires Will to write one of his greatest works–Hamlet. Directed by Chloé Zhao (Nomadland), it does everything it can to make you cry a whole lot.

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