Who is King Hamlet

Who is King Hamlet

King Hamlet is a character from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet, also known as The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark. He should not be confused with his son, Prince Hamlet, who is the central figure of the play. In the dramatis personae, King Hamlet is referred to as "Ghost of Hamlet's father", and is listed at the very bottom of the hierarchy, even after the women and minor characters, presumably because he is dead. The stage directions identify him simply as "Ghost." He is loosely based on a legendary Jutish chieftain, named Horwendill, who appears in Chronicon Lethrense and in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum.