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TARLTON, RICHARD (d. 1588)

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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 428 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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TARLTON, See also:RICHARD (d. 1588) , See also:English actor, was probably at one See also:time an See also:inn-keeper, but in 1583, when he is mentioned as one of the See also:original See also:company of See also:queen's players, was already an experienced actor. He was See also:Elizabeth's favourite See also:clown, and his See also:talent for See also:impromptu doggerel on subjects suggested by his See also:audience has given his name to that See also:form of See also:verse. T'o obtain the See also:advantage of his popularity a See also:great number of songs and witticisms of the See also:day were attributed to him, and after his See also:death Tarlton's Jests, many of them older than he, made several volumes. Other books, and several See also:ballads, coupled his name with their titles. He is said to have been the Yorick of See also:Hamlet's soliloquy.

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