Sams describes the Christian name Hamlet as “otherwise unrecorded in any archive ever researched” outside Tudor Stratford, and argues that this name-change was probably Shakespeare’s work, because “Only Shakespeare among known dramatists had any known links with the name Hamlet, and his could hardly have been more intimate or intense.”
Sams claims that the Christian name Hamlet is “unrecorded in any archive” outside Tudor Stratford and argues that this name-change was probably Shakespeare’s work. Among known dramatists, only Shakespeare had ties to the name Hamlet, suggesting a deep connection.