Hamnet
Arts & Culture
Experience Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet At The Pier
Join us Feb 10 – Mar 8 for a Royal Shakespeare Company and Neal Street Production
Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but hidden impulses, they create a life together and make a family. When the plague steals 11-year-old Hamnet from his loving parents, they must each confront their loss alone. And yet, out of the greatest suffering, something of extraordinary wonder is born.
Experience the US premiere of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s stage adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel, adapted by award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti (Hymn, Life of Pi, Red Velvet), and directed by Erica Whyman. Pulling back a curtain on the story of the greatest writer in the English language and the woman who was the constant presence and purpose of his life, Hamnet is a love letter to passion, birth, grief, and the magic of nature.
Event Details
- Adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti & Directed by Erica Whyman
- Run Time: 2 hours, 30 minutes (including intermission)
- Audience Notice: Mature themes including scenes of domestic violence, child loss and grief, scenes of childbirth, and depictions of sexual activity.
Schedule
Tuesday, February 17, 2026
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Wednesday, February 18, 2026
Thursday, February 19, 2026
Friday, February 20, 2026
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Saturday, February 21, 2026
Sunday, February 22, 2026
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Wednesday, February 25, 2026
Thursday, February 26, 2026
Friday, February 27, 2026
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Saturday, February 28, 2026
Sunday, March 1, 2026
Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Thursday, March 5, 2026
Friday, March 6, 2026
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Saturday, March 7, 2026
Sunday, March 8, 2026
Location
Chicago Shakespeare Theater
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