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RICHARD TARLTON (d. 1588)

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

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