Hamlet

Prince Hamlet of Denmark is the son of the recently deceased King Hamlet, and nephew of King Claudius, his father s brother and successor. Claudius hastily married King Hamlet s widow, Gertrude, Hamlet s mother, and took the throne for himself. Denmark has a longstanding feud with neighbouring Norway, in which King Hamlet slew King Fortinbras of Norway in a battle some years ago. Although Denmark defeated Norway and the Norwegian throne fell to King Fortinbras s infirm brother, Denmark fears that an invasion led by the dead Norwegian king s son, Prince Fortinbras, is imminent.