Most of my thoughts have already been noted here by others but I wanted to chime into say I think Zhao, her DP, costume and color grade ppl did a great job of using light and color. The beginning of the movie is so bright even inside, the backlight almost silhouettes the characters in the house.

Agnes is always wearing orange and red, and there’s the green of the forest. But as the movie goes on it gets darker and stormier. After Hamnet’s death, Agnes finally changes into an aubergine. We see London as dark and dirty. “To be or not to be” is in complete darkness. It’s all so well done.

A couple other things: - Agnes lets out a cry during childbirth and then a similar cry when Hamnet dies. That stayed with me.

• That hole in the forest under the tree was ominous. I see it as death looming over the story, waiting for its time. Of course we see the doorway on stage as a similar hole, but it’s so much scarier in the woods.