West End cast announced for Maggie O'Farrell's HAMNET

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The RSC have announce casting for the West End transfer of Hamnet, which plays at the Garrick Theatre from 30 September 2023 to 6 January 2024.

The production had a sell-out run at the RSC, breaking box office records at the Swan Theatre and will open to the biggest box office advance in the Garrick Theatre’s history.

Directed by Erica Whyman and adapted by Lolita Chakrabarti, 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. Further casting is still to be announced.

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

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