Tarlton had died in 1588, so it’s theoretically possible his own cranium could have been available a decade or so later, provided Shakespeare’s company had not been too queasy about trying to get hold of it. ![]() Some have speculated that in creating the backstory of the jester Yorick, Shakespeare was paying tribute to a man called Richard Tarlton, Elizabeth I’s favourite clown and a huge star in the generation immediately before his own. Whispering bitterly … Laurence Olivier as Hamlet.
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