Oscar contender ‘Hamnet’ boosts tourism at Shakespeare heritage sites

Oscar contender ‘Hamnet’ boosts tourism at Shakespeare heritage sites

By Marie-Louise Gumuchian STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England, Feb 18 (Reuters) – On a cloudy winter’s day, visitors stream into what was once William Shakespeare’s childhood home in Stratford-upon-Avon and the nearby Anne Hathaway’s cottage, family residence of the bard’s wife. Hathaway’s cottage is one of the settings for the BAFTA and Oscar best film contender “Hamnet”, and ​the movie’s success is drawing a new wave of tourists to Shakespeare sites …