Historical clue formulations

• Survivor at the end of "Hamlet" — 2020-12-04
• Friend of Hamlet — 2019-07-17
• Speaker of the line in 40-Down — 2016-11-25
• Friend of Hamlet — 2013-09-10
• To whom it is said "Something is rotten in the state of Denmark" — 2012-11-25
• He is "more an antique Roman than a Dane," in literature — 2012-04-12
• Friend of Hamlet — 2010-10-24
• Whom Hamlet calls "A man that Fortune's buffets and rewards / Hast ta'en with equal thanks" — 2009-07-21
• "Good night, sweet prince" speaker — 2006-01-13
• Friend of Hamlet — 2005-02-01
• Friend of Hamlet — 2000-01-21
• A "man that is not passion's slave," in Shakespeare — 1999-11-21
• "I am dead, _____, Wretched queen, adieu!" — 1995-06-04