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‘She will go down as one of the best’: the rise of Jessie Buckley

From talent shows to the big screen, the actor’s performance in Hamnet has made her a leading awards contender

The Guardian - UK

The rise of Jessie Buckley: Why the Hamnet star is set for Oscar glory

The Irish actor has had a fascinating career since she almost won Andrew Lloyd Webber’s TV talent show as a teen

Evening Standard

Hamnet review – Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley beguile and captivate in audacious Shakespearean tragedy

Chloé Zhao’s film version of Maggie O’Farrell’s myth-making novel powerfully reimagines the agonising loss of a child as the source of Hamlet’s grand stage drama

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Shakespeare fans can book stay in Herefordshire farmhouse featured in Hamnet this spring

Stays at the Grade II-listed Jacobean farmhouse start from £1,547

The Independent UK

Culture Digest: The best things to do, hear, see or watch in Europe this week

Love and loss in Chloé Zhao's Shakespeare drama 'Hamnet'; the return of taut thriller 'The Night Manager', and the Royal Scottish Academy kicks off a vibrant year-long programme for its 200th anniversary. Here's what to put in your diary this week.

Euronews

One Battle After Another defeats rivals in London Critics’ Circle film awards nominations

Paul Thomas Anderson’s counter-culture thriller scores nine nods, ahead of Hamnet and Ryan Coogler’s Sinners, with Leonardo DiCaprio in contention for actor of the year

The Guardian - UK

Emily Watson says she was ‘told off’ by Angela Lansbury for being ‘absent mother’

The two stars worked together on an ITV adaptation of ‘Little Women’

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Critics Are Praising Paul Mescal In Hamnet, But It’s Jessie Buckley Who They Can’t Stop Talking About: ‘The Performance Of The Year’

Chloé Zhao's film is already getting awards attention.

Cinemablend

Hamnet Is A Little Too Emotional For My Tastes, But One Performance Genuinely Moved Me To Tears

It’s a hard movie to watch, but the performances are amazing.

Cinemablend

Hamnet Has A Tie-In To Eternals, And Chloé Zhao Pointed It Out To Us

Look closely.

Cinemablend

'Hamnet' is an absolute masterpiece — and it's a clear Best Picture Oscar contender

"Hamnet" might be the best movie of the year, thanks to Jessie Buckley's incredible performance. This historical drama is a clear Best Picture Oscar contender.

Tom’s Guide

Paul Mescal strips off in free Hamnet behind-the-scenes exhibition in London

The exhibition also includes Hamnet star’s Jessie Buckley’s handwritten notes and props and set pieces

Evening Standard

How Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal found the emotional power of 'Hamnet'

Chloé Zhao’s “Hamnet,” starring Paul Mescal as William Shakespeare and Jessie Buckley as his wife, Agnes, is expected to be one of the top Oscar contenders of the year

The Independent UK

Why Herefordshire was the perfect stand-in for Shakespeare’s Stratford in the new film of Hamnet

Crooked buildings, welcoming inns, ancient woodlands … it’s easy to see why the location scouts chose this idyllic corner of England

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The Independent UK

Hamnet’s Jacobi Jupe was left ‘bawling’ by brother Noah’s performance

Jacobi Jupe has revealed he found it “utterly astonishing” that his brother, Noah Jupe, was also cast in Chloé Zhao’s adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s acclaimed novel Hamnet.

The Guardian - UK

Lynne Ramsay’s passion, Jim Jarmusch’s star turn and knives come out again: Peter Bradshaw’s London film festival picks

Among this year’s must-sees Jennifer Lawrence brings gothic steam, Daniel Craig takes a new case and a constellation of luminaries get cosmic

The Independent UK

Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet wins top award at Toronto Film Festival

People’s Choice award puts film on enviable track to Oscars contention

International Business Times

Chloe Zhao Tackles Shakespeare's True Tragedy In 'Hamnet'

When Oscar-winning director Chloe Zhao first studied Shakespeare at her British boarding school, the young Chinese pupil did not even speak English.

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Evening Standard

Oscar-tipped Hamnet to premiere at BFI London Film Festival

The full programme includes a string of highly anticipated and star-studded titles.

The Mary Sue

No the theatre kids are not okay after watching the ‘Hamnet’ trailer

I can't wait to spend the holidays crying about Shakespeare!

Euronews

Letter fragment suggests Shakespeare did not abandon his wife in Stratford

New analysis of a letter fragment mentioning Shakespeare and his wife suggests the couple lived together in London in the early 17th century.

The Guardian - UK

Novelist Maggie O’Farrell: ‘Children don’t just need butterflies and rainbows’

The Hamnet author talks about bringing her bestselling Shakespeare novel to the screen, working with Paul Mescal, and how her speech disorder inspired her latest children’s book

Evening Standard

Best contemporary novels to read in 2024, from Wandering Souls to Hamnet

Start the year off right with some 21st century classics

Evening Standard

Hamnet at the Garrick Theatre review: a solid, elegant take on Maggie O’Farrell’s bestseller

Initially slow, the show about Shakespeare and his family weaves a beguiling narrative web around the creation of life and art

Evening Standard

Hamnet star Madeleine Mantock: ‘Theatre is not my comfort zone’

The actor on playing William Shakespeare’s wife, and making her West End debut opposite Jennifer Saunders

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