Tag: ArtsEmerson”s Paramount Theatre 2018

Hamnet, A Father/Son Play

Hamnet, A Father/Son Play

 

Hamnet
Schaubuehne am Lehniner Platz. F.I.N.D. 2017 Festival Internationale Neue Dramatik  photo. Gianmarco  Besadola 

Hamnet, the fascinating play, created by Ireland’s Dead Centre, now at ArtsEmerson’s Paramount Theatre in Boston revolves around Shakespeare’s only son. Over the years, scholars have speculated that Hamnet who died at age eleven in 1596 was the inspiration for Hamlet given the similarity of the two names. Many believe, as do playwrights Bush Moukarzel and Ben Kidd, that Shakespeare had no contact with Hamnet.

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