Shakespearean jester

• 'Hamlet' court jester
• Hamlet character
• Jester initially impressing court in northern city
• Of whom Hamlet said "He hath borne me on his back a thousand times"
• One who was well known I caught entering city
• Dead jester in "Hamlet"
• "A fellow of infinite jest," according to Hamlet
• His skull is exhumed in "Hamlet"

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Yorick is a fictional character in William Shakespeare 's play Hamlet . He is the dead court jester whose skull is exhumed by the gravedigger in Act 5, Scene 1, of the play. The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a monologue from Prince Hamlet on mortality: ...