| Prince Hamlet | |
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Real Name |
Hamlet |
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First Appearance |
Hamlet (1599–1601) |
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Created by |
William Shakespeare |
Origin[]
Prince Hamlet is the title character and protagonist of William Shakespeare's tragedy Hamlet (1599–1601). He is the Prince of Denmark, nephew to the usurping Claudius, and son of King Hamlet, the previous King of Denmark. At the beginning of the play, he is conflicted whether, and how, to avenge the murder of his father, and struggles with his own sanity along the way. By the end of the tragedy, Hamlet has caused the deaths of Polonius, Laertes, Claudius, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two acquaintances of his from childhood. He is also indirectly involved in the deaths of his love Ophelia (drowning) and of his mother Gertrude (mistakenly poisoned by Claudius).
Public Domain Theatrical Appearances[]
- Hamlet (1599–1601)
- Rosencrantz and Guildenstern (1891)
- Ambleto by Francesco Gasparini (1706)
- Amleto by Domenico Scarlatti (1715)
- Amleto by Gaetano Andreozzi (1792)
- Amleto by Franco Faccio (libretto by Arrigo Boito) (1865)
- Hamlet by Ambroise Thomas (1868)
Public Domain Film Appearances[]
- Le Duel d'Hamlet (France 1900)
- Hamlet (France 1907)
- Hamlet (Italy 1908)
- Hamlet (UK 1910)
- Hamlet (Denmark 1910)
- Amleto (Italy 1910)
- Hamlet (UK 1913)
- Hamlet (Italy 1917)
- Oh'Phelia (UK, 1919)
- Hamlet (Germany 1921)
Public Domain Comic Appearances[]
- Stories by Famous Authors #8
Public Domain Comic Appearances Inspired by Hamlet[]
- Web of Evil #1 - Understudy Fenton demands his chance on stage and murders leading man Worthington. However, Worthington’s ghost returns for a night-long rehearsal of Hamlet’s death scene. Fenton dies of exhaustion.
- Bulletman #7 - Bulletman and Bulletgirl fight the villain called the The Ghost of Hamlet.
- Adventures into the Unknown #41 - Jules Carter was an inexperienced actor cast as Hamlet only to be replaced on opening night with a famous European actor. In a heartbroken fit of desperation, the actor killed himself and became a ghost that haunts the theater as the Ghost of Hamlet causing harm to any actor who tried to play Hamlet. The curse was fianlly lifted after the new thaeter owner a cenutry later allowed Jules to finally perform Hamlet as the lead.
- Soldier Comics #11 - During the Korean War, Private Furey was saved by a Great Dane named Hamlet who delivered film revealing the location of a communist base which Private Furey was injured during the battle to get the camera. Hamlet delivered his coordinates along with the film allowing for a recuse copter to save the soldier.
- Modern Comics #75 - after lying about being a great actor, Will Bragg was roped into being the understudy in a performance of Hamlet after the original performer was kidnapped by criminals who he owed money. When the crooks find out the play is still being preformed they go to the theater to only to be stopped by Bragg's corset flying off and hitting the criminals and the rest of the actors stopping them.
Public Domain Literary Appearances that Reference Hamlet[]
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
- Ulysses
- Tupi or not Tupi, that is the question (1928)
- A Christmas Carol
- The Waste Land (1922)
- The Night Before Christmas