Jul 6, 2026 · 37 min · 8 segments
This week on Last to Leave, Zoey Danielson & Heather Elaine Abbott peek behind the curtain of Shakespeare's Globe with Victoria Donovan, the Child Acting Coach on the set of Chloè Zhao's viscerally…
Victoria DonovanGuestHeather Lane AbbottHostZoe DanielsonHostI would love to know what your initial experience was the first time you watched it.
I was thinking about it this morning and I think going into Hamnet, I was a little intimidated because when I was younger, Shakespeare kind of intimidated me.
And I think I like sort of brushed it off because it was, you know, just one of those things in like English class that you're forced to read and read when I was younger reading was hard for me although I love it like it was hard and so I felt like I resisted Shakespeare a little bit and I think coming out of seeing Hamnet and seeing the incredible performances the sets the costumes the filmmaking Chloe Zhao I'm such a big fan yeah I feel like it gave me a new perspective on Shakespeare and I know it's not about Shakespeare but like I think it opened the door to maybe rediscovering Shakespeare again, like as an adult.
The kids' performances, I mean, that's one of the only things I truly like think about when I come out of it was how good those kids were, which makes me even more excited for our interview and to share that.
When I saw the trailers, I was like, well, obviously, I'm going to love this.
I feel like my entire senior year of college, all the classes I took were very Shakespeare-centric.
I think just because of the oversaturation, I think in four different classes, we studied Hamlet.
I would love to know what your initial experience was the first time you watched it.
I was thinking about it this morning and I think going into Hamnet, I was a little intimidated because when I was younger, Shakespeare kind of intimidated me.
And I think I like sort of brushed it off because it was, you know, just one of those things in like English class that you're forced to read and read when I was younger reading was hard for me although I love it like it was hard and so I felt like I resisted Shakespeare a little bit and I think coming out of seeing Hamnet and seeing the incredible performances the sets the costumes the filmmaking Chloe Zhao I'm such a big fan yeah I feel like it gave me a new perspective on Shakespeare and I know it's not about Shakespeare but like I think it opened the door to maybe rediscovering Shakespeare again, like as an adult.
The kids' performances, I mean, that's one of the only things I truly like think about when I come out of it was how good those kids were, which makes me even more excited for our interview and to share that.
When I saw the trailers, I was like, well, obviously, I'm going to love this.
I feel like my entire senior year of college, all the classes I took were very Shakespeare-centric.
I think just because of the oversaturation, I think in four different classes, we studied Hamlet.
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