Did you cry during “Hamnet”? On social media, many viewers shared the overwhelming emotions elicited by the film, which has been nominated for eight Academy Awards. One viewer commented on Reddit that ...

What do Shakespeare and James Cameron have in common? Before Rupert Goold took hold of the Bard’s tragic masterpiece, the answer would have been ‘nothing’. The soon-to-be artistic director of The Old ...

An adaptation of Maggie O’Farrell’s novel imagines how the death of Shakespeare’s young son may have shaped the creation of Hamlet — revealing how grief, faith and art intertwine in humanity’s search ...

Responding to a guest essay, readers offer different ways to view “Hamlet.” To the Editor: Re “Listen to ‘Hamlet.’ Feel Better,” by Jeremy McCarter (Opinion guest essay, July 23): I appreciate Mr.

Mr. McCarter adapted and directed a new audio version of “Hamlet.” “It is we who are Hamlet,” wrote the essayist and critic William Hazlitt. Though that observation is more than 200 years old, the ...