Why are we so obsessed with Shakespeare?

Welcome to the WhatsOnStage Podcast!

As Hamnet starring Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal opens in cinemas, chief critic Sarah Crompton and editor-in-chief Alex Wood consider the depictions of Shakespeare on screen from Shakespeare in Love to Upstart Crow and what they say about our attitudes to the Bard.

Crompton and  Wood host a weekly series on all things theatrical. News, views, frank exchanges and lists offer an unmissable guide to what’s happening on stage (and in film and on television) now, in the past and in future.

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