Screenshot from the opening scene of the movie ‘Hamnet’. In the dim light of a dense green forest, a woman in a long red dress lies curled up in the roots of an ancient tree.

EXT. FOREST – DAY

Opera: Purcell’s When I Am Laid In Earth.

A RED EGG is nesting on a bed of fallen leaves, surrounded by circular tree roots.

We are in an ancient forest of Britain. The overwhelming soundscape begins to merge with the opera…

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