Focus Features released the full-length official trailer for its historical drama Hamnet, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival last month.

Writer-director Chloé Zhao adapted Maggie O’Farrell’s novel of the same name for the screen version, which is based on real-life playwright William Shakespeare and the creation of his play Hamlet.  Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal star as Agnes and William Shakespeare in two-time Academy Award winner Zhao’s adaptation of O’Farrell’s 2020 novel.

The film portrays Agnes and William Shakespeare falling in love, having children and build a family; but when their 11-year-old son Hamnet dies due to the plague, Shakespeare bases a play on him — calling it “Hamlet.”

Hamnet opens in theaters on Nov. 27; see the trailer: HERE.

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