HAMNET extends run in the West End and announces full cast

Photo credit: Simon Hadley

Maggie O’Farrell’s Hamnet, adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti and directed by Erica Whyman, has been extended by 6-weeks at London’s Garrick Theatre and announces full casting today.

The cast includes Gabriel Akuwudike (King Lear, Shakespeare’s Globe) as Bartholomew, Phoebe Campbell (House of the Dragon, HBO) as Susanna, Mhairi Gayer (The Prince and The Pauper, Trinity Theatre) as Tilly/Caterina/Landlady and Liza Sadovy (Oklahoma!, West End) as Mary. Reprising their roles from the RSC’s Stratford-upon-Avon run are Sarah Belcher as Joan, Will Brown as Burbage/Father John, Ajani Cabey as Hamnet, Frankie Hastings as Eliza/Customer, Karl Haynes as Ned, Alex Jarrett as Judith, Madeleine Mantock as Agnes Hathaway, Hannah McPake as Jude, Tom Varey as William Shakespeare, and Peter Wight as John/Will Kempe. Haydn Burke and Faye Campbell complete the cast as off-stage understudies.

The production will open to the biggest advance of any production at the Garrick Theatre, with previews starting on 30 September, and now booking until 17 February 2024.

Warwickshire, 1582. Agnes Hathaway, a natural healer, meets the Latin tutor, William Shakespeare. Drawn together by powerful but hidden impulses, they create a life together and make a family.

As William moves to London to discover his place in the world of theatre, Agnes stays at home to raise their three children but she is the constant presence and purpose of his life.

When the plague steals 11-year-old Hamnet from his loving parents, they must each confront their loss alone. And yet, out of the greatest suffering, something of extraordinary wonder is born.

The production features set and costume design by Tom Piper, lighting by Prema Mehta, music by Oğuz Kaplangi, sound by Simon Baker, movement by Ayse Tashkiran, and casting by Amy Ball CDG.

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