<Tr> <Th> Other name (s) </Th> <Td> King Hamlet (former) </Td> </Tr> <P> The ghost of Hamlet's late father is a character from William Shakespeare's play Hamlet . In the stage directions he is referred to as "Ghost ." His name is also Hamlet, and he is referred to as King Hamlet to distinguish him from the Prince . </P> <P> He is loosely based on a legendary Jutish chieftain, named Horwendill, who appears in Chronicon Lethrense and in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum . According to oral tradition, the Ghost was originally played by Shakespeare himself . </P> <Dl> <Dd> For a synopsis of the play, see Hamlet </Dd> </Dl>

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