1580 England. Impoverished Latin tutor Will meets free-spirited Agnes, and the pair, captivated by one another, strike up a torrid affair that leads to marriage and three children. Yet as Will pursues a budding theatre career in far-away London, Agnes anchors the domestic sphere alone. When tragedy strikes, the couple’s once-unshakable bond is tested, but their shared experience sets the stage for the creation of Shakespeare’s timeless masterpiece, Hamlet.
“Mescal has simply never been better, while as Agnes, Buckley doesn’t so much act in a conventional sense as seems to discover her character before your eyes.”
– The Telegraph