In Maggie O’Farrell’s best-selling novel, “Hamnet,” Shakespeare’s wife, Agnes Hathaway, experiences romance, love, marriage, birth, loss and, in the end, triumph. It is the formula for a successful romance novel with the makings for a modern blockbuster hit. As American Conservatory Theater’s season finale, Lolita Chakrabarti’s award-winning stage adaptation deserves every accolade.
For one month, San Francisco’s Toni Rembe Theater belongs to the Royal Shakespeare Company. True to the novel, “Hamnet” is told through the…