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Where was Hamnet filmed?

2025 film, directed by Chloé Zhao.

  • Wales

The story is set in London, about 160 miles (258 km) from where it was filmed.

Red pins: where it was filmed. Amber pins: where the story is set. Select a pin to see its name.

Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
Stratford-upon-Avon; London
Filmed in
Wales
Distance
About 160 miles (258 km) between London and the nearest filming location.

About Hamnet

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Released
2025
Director
Chloé Zhao
Cast
Jessie BuckleyPaul MescalJoe AlwynJustine MitchellEmily WatsonDavid Wilmot
Genre
DramaBiographicalPeriod Drama
Based on
Hamnet
Awards
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama; Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Drama

The story

William Shakespeare works as a tutor to pay off his family's debt.

She asks him for a story, and he recounts the legend of Orpheus and Eurydice, delighting her.

William retaliates when his father, John, beats him for rejecting manual labour.

Famous lines from Hamnet

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • What is it?Agnes
  • Not everything.Agnes
  • To live with our hearts open.Bartholomew
  • To shut it not in the dark but to turn it to the sun.Agnes, Bartholomew
  • Is it true, you know everything about a person, by touching them here?Will

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