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Is Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet , a movie based on a book that is based on Shakespeare's life, a true story? Here's what we know.

The new movie stars Jessie Buckley as Shakespeare's wife (referred to in the film as Agnes), and Paul Mescal as the writer himself.

Because of the lack of biographical details about Shakespeare himself, there's a lot up for debate.

Chloé Zhao’s Hamnet—starring a shattered Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal serving peak tortured-playwright—arrives with one very reasonable question attached: is any of this actually true? The answer is complicated, because Shakespeare’s personal life is basically an archival void. But, let's back up.

Hamnet is a reimagining of the private and mostly undocumented world inside Shakespeare’s family, told from the perspective

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