Hamnet, son of William Shakespeare, steps out from the shadow created by his famous father in the Royal Shakespeare Company's powerful stage adaptation of Maggie O'Farrell's best-selling novel, now heading on its first UK tour. Adapted by Lola Chakrabarti and with direction from Erica Whyman, Hamnet gives a voice to one of Shakespeare's greatest lost creations, through his own eyes and those of his oft-forgotten mother, Agnes.