Scholars from Shakespeare Online and Interesting Literature note that this line establishes Hamlet’s immediate hostility and resentment toward Claudius for marrying his mother so quickly after his father's death. 3. Other Shows
The phrase appears in two distinct contexts: as the title of an episode in the drama series The Royals and as a famous line from William Shakespeare’s Hamlet . 1. The Royals (Season 3, Episode 6) [S3E6] More Than Kin, and Less Than Kind
The episode title is a direct reference to the first words spoken by Hamlet in the play. He mutters this as an "aside" directed at his uncle, King Claudius. This is a pun
This is a pun. "Kind" in Elizabethan English often meant "natural" or "of the same type". Hamlet is suggesting that their relationship is unnatural and that they are not the same kind of person. 1. The Royals (Season 3