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                    [Title] => Shakespeare would have shunned streaming, 'Hamnet' team says
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Producers say modern viewing habits are contrary to what the Bard stood for. 

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Chloé Zhao tackles grief in the Shakespeare family in "Hamnet" with Paul Mescal playing the Bard and Jessie Buckley as his wife Agnes.

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Securing the Toronto award, on top of glowing reviews, confirms "Hamnet" as another Academy Award frontrunner.

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                    [Title] => Shakespeare would have shunned streaming, 'Hamnet' team says
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Producers say modern viewing habits are contrary to what the Bard stood for. 

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Chloé Zhao tackles grief in the Shakespeare family in "Hamnet" with Paul Mescal playing the Bard and Jessie Buckley as his wife Agnes.

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Securing the Toronto award, on top of glowing reviews, confirms "Hamnet" as another Academy Award frontrunner.

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