It would be easy to crown 2025 the year of Hamlet—quite a feat considering the play was written over 400 years ago.
Over the last 12 months, the tragedy of William Shakespeare’s Danish prince has journeyed across the universes of video game Grand Theft Auto, an anime movie, and a modern-day London-set adaptation. There have been myriad stage productions and a documentary, King Hamlet, about Oscar Isaac’s taking on the titular role in 2017. And let’s not forget Taylor Swift, whose “The Fate of Ophelia” adds another layer to the pop culture smorgasbord.
Now, Hamlet is back home in Stratford-upon-Avon in Chloé Zhao’s historical fiction origin story, Hamnet.
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