This is the story of Agnes and William. She is a healer and he is a famous writer. It is also the story of their children: Susanna, their firstborn, and their twins, Judith and Hamnet. Their small village, in 16th-century England, is also featured.
More importantly, central are also the lives and especially the deaths from the plague in their time.
Hamnet won the audience award at the Toronto festival and won 2 Golden Globes. Tijdens de Oscars was allowed to take home the statue for best actress Jessie Buckley.