Amleth, Prince of Denmark
The account that follows was written about 1185 but is based on older oral tradition. It describes the same players and events that were immortalized by William Shakespeare in his The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark, written about 1602.
Source: The Danish History of Saxo Grammaticus, translated by Oliver Elton (London: David Nutt, 1894). Translation slightly revised. Gesta Danorum, the multi-volume work from which this account was taken, was written about 1185. Saxo Grammaticus, the author-compiler, was born about 1150 and died about 1220.
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