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  RICHARD TARLTON - LoveToKnow Article on RICHARD TARLTON   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
He was Elizabeth's favorite clown, and his talent for impromptu doggerel on subjects suggested by his audience has given his name to that form of verse.
To obtain the advantage of his popularity a great number of songs and witticisms of the day were attributed to him, and after his death Tarlton's Jests, many of them older than he, made several volumes.
He is said to have been the Yorick of Hamlet's soliloquy.
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 Shakespeare's Biography: Information on Shakespeare's Parents, Siblings, Career as Actor, Children, Marriage, Death, ...
Richard was baptized on March 11 of that year, and nothing else is known about him, except for the fact that he died, unmarried, and was buried on February 4, 1613 -- a year and a day after the death of Gilbert Shakespeare.
Anne was the eldest daughter, and one of the seven children of Richard Hathaway, a twice-married farmer in Shottery.
Richard Burbage achieved success as performer by the age of 20 and during his career he appeared in plays by Jonson, Kyd, Beaumont and Fletcher, and John Webster.
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 AllRefer.com - Richard Tarlton (Theater, Biography) - Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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One of the Queen's Men, he gained fame for his improvised jests, jigs, and doggerel.
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 TARLTON, RICHARD (d. 1588) - Online Information article about TARLTON, RICHARD (d. 1588)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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death Tarlton's Jests, many of them older than he, made several volumes.
He is said to have been the Yorick of See also:
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