Place noun – The area or space occupied by or intended for something. Hamlet and place are semantically related in function topic. You can use "Hamlet" instead a noun "Place", if it concerns topics such as region, town. Nearby Words: placed, placement, placing, placer, placet
Even worse: Hamlet is based on events taking place in 8th century Denmark, and Denmark didn't convert to Catholicism (the only game in town) until the middle of the 10th century.