Talk:Hamnet Shakespeare

First I realized that people would probably remember Boudicca as Shakespeare's greatest work in this timeline. I started to reword the line, then realized we'd never seen anyone discuss this idea at all.

As for the name, the origins of Hamlet are somewhat steeped in conjecture and contradiction but the name "Hamlet" had been connected to the legend before 1596, so the name similarities are really just coincidence.

And besides, the play is far more a meditation on a son who's lost his father rather than vice versa. In fact I don't think any of the characters are grieving parents. Hamlet was really written in 1600, which is also the year John Shakespeare really died, so the two gaffes of moving both of those events forward actually cancel out quite nicely. Turtle Fan 23:15, July 21, 2010 (UTC)