Amleth

He was called Amleth; Shakespeare simply transposed the h.

The Sunny Side of Diplomatic Life, 1875-1912 1886

Shakespeare created a 400-year industry when he recast the old Danish revenge saga "Amleth" for his Globe Theatre.

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Shakespeare created a 400-year industry when he recast the old Danish revenge saga "Amleth" for his Globe Theatre.

Latest News 2009

Underneath is a rough translation of the voice-over and dialogue, originally posted by Amleth in the comments section at Twitch.

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Her son Amleth pretends madness in order to disarm Fengon's suspicions.

It Happened at Elsinore Bayley, John 2000

After these deeds in Denmark, Amleth equipped three vessels, and went back to Britain to see his wife and her father.

The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

Amleth, having learnt the deceit, dissembled his fear, took a retinue of two hundred horsemen, put on an under-shirt (of mail), and complied with the invitation, preferring the peril of falling in with the king's deceit to the shame of hanging back.

The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

While they were reposing, Amleth searched their coffers, found the letter, and read the instructions therein.

The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

Perilous as this commission was Amleth started, never shrinking to obey the duty imposed upon him, but trusting partly in his own servants, and partly in the attendants of the king.

The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo

The king, seeing that Amleth had rightly given the causes of the taste he had found so faulty, and learning that the ignoble eyes wherewith Amleth had reproached him concerned some stain upon his birth, had a secret interview with his mother, and asked her who his father had really been.

The Danish History, Books I-IX Grammaticus Saxo