Jessie Buckley, Paul Mescal, Chloé Zhao and Maggie O’Farrell to attend Irish premiere of Hamnet on Saturday

Stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal, as well as director Chloé Zhao and co-screenwriter Maggie O’Farrell are set to attend the Irish premiere of Hamnet on Saturday, December 13 at Light House Cinema.

The film, based on O’Farrell’s award-winning novel Hamnet, centres on William Shakespeare, his wife Agnes, and their son Hamnet.

It imagines the emotional, domestic, and artistic repercussions after the world's most famous playwright and his wife lose their only son, 11-year-old Hamnet, to the bubonic plague in 1596.

Four years later, the boy's father transposes his grief into his masterpiece — titled with a common variant of his son's name.

Mescal and Buckley were both shortlisted for major acting honours at the upcoming Golden Globe Awards for their roles as William and Agnes Shakespeare.

Hamnet is set to hit Irish cinemas on January 9.