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    Richard Tarlton (died 5 September 1588) was an English actor of the Elizabethan era. He was the most famous clown of his era, known for his extempore...
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    intended his audience to connect Yorick with the Elizabethan comedian Richard Tarlton, a celebrated performer of the pre-Shakespearean stage, who had died...
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  • Tarlton may refer to: Tarlton, Gauteng, a settlement in South Africa Tarlton, Gloucestershire, a location in England Tarlton, Ohio, United States Tarlton...
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    him to be a successor to the great clown of the previous generation, Richard Tarlton. Kempe's success and influence was such that in December 1598 he was...
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    Elizabeth I was a great admirer of the popular actor who portrayed fools, Richard Tarlton. For Shakespeare himself, however, actor Robert Armin may have proved...
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  • The Grand Old Duke of York (category Cultural depictions of Richard of York, 3rd Duke of York)
    survives is from 1642, under the title 'Old Tarlton's song', attributed to the stage clown Richard Tarlton (1530–1588) with the lyrics: The King of France...
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    with some depicting clowns and jesters such as Elizabethan jester Richard Tarlton. The idea behind the three top cards in Euchre appears to have originated...
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    Elizabeth I was a great admirer of the popular actor who portrayed fools, Richard Tarlton. For Shakespeare himself, however, actor Robert Armin may have proved...
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    practiced by Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton and Ben Jonson Clowns such as Richard Tarlton, William Kempe and Robert Armin Comedy of humours, as practiced by...
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  • Deadly Sins (play), a two-part play written c. 1585, attributed to Richard Tarlton The Magnificent Seven Deadly Sins, a 1971 comedy film Original Sin...
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    practiced by Thomas Dekker, Thomas Middleton and Ben Jonson Clowns such as Richard Tarlton, William Kempe, and Robert Armin Comedy of humours, as practiced by...
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    English actors including also John Bentley, William Knell and the clown Richard Tarlton; while Thomas Heywood calls him "inimitable", "the best of actors,"...
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  • voice." Richard Pochinko – founder of "Canadian Clowning" style Richard Tarlton – actor and clown in the Elizabethan theatre in England Richard Usher –...
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    The Tarlton Theatre (formerly West Theater, West Pitcher Show, Historic West Theatre) is an Streamline Moderne theater built around 1925, located in Green...
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  • Tarleton (1906–1956), English boxer Richard Tarlton (died 1588), English actor Tarleton, village in Lancashire, England Tarlton (disambiguation) This page lists...
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  • experienced a commedia performance firsthand. It is as likely that Richard Tarlton served as the inspiration for Shakespeare's plays, as well as the lazzi...
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    claimed it was "La belle Sauvage", a woman in the wilderness. The clown Richard Tarlton used to perform here. It is mentioned in Thomas Hughes' Tom Brown's...
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  • star clown Richard Tarlton. Other prominent members of the new company were John Singer, William Knell and the "inimitable" John Bentley. Tarlton quickly...
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    London is unknown, but for Richard Tarlton (a renowned clown) to have seen the act, they must have arrived before Tarlton's death in September 1588. Bondeson...
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    Famous Victories). In 1891 F. G. Fleay attributed the play to comedian Richard Tarlton, who is known to have played the role of Dericke; in 1910 H. Dugdale...
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  • acting with Leicester's Men in the 1570s, and was praised along with Richard Tarlton for his "wit." He is generally accepted as the author of The Three...
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    roots in medieval theatre, and becomes tangible in Elizabethan drama. Richard Tarlton, who was a member of both William Shakespeare's acting company and...
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    Sidney Wentworth Smith John Stephens Sir John Suckling Robert Tailor Richard Tarlton Thomas Tomkis Cyril Tourneur Francis Verney William Wager George Wapull...
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    first performed in the contemporary Shoreditch theatres. The comedian Richard Tarlton, who was a stalwart of the pre-Shakespearian stage. The actor Gabriel...
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  • and Jimmie Tarlton, (born John James Rimbert Tarlton, May 8, 1892 Cheraw, South Carolina – November 29, 1979 Phenix City, Alabama). Tarlton grew up on...
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  • the Easter Earthquake, including those written by Thomas Churchyard, Richard Tarlton (described as the writing clown of Shakespeare's day), Francis Schackleton...
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    Seven Deadly Sins was a two-part play written c. 1585, attributed to Richard Tarlton, and most likely premiered by his company, Queen Elizabeth's Men. The...
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    Juliana of Nassau-Dillenburg, Dutch prince (b. 1546) September 3 – Richard Tarlton, English actor (b. 1530) September 4 – Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester...
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    towards using the famous comic actor Richard Tarlton in the role of Launce (this theory stems from the fact that Tarlton had performed several extremely popular...
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    outwitted, prurient Puritans, falsely coy maidens and drunken foreigners". Richard Tarlton is considered London's first great performer the theatrical jig. He...
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