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Yorick is an unseen character in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. He is the dead court jester whose skull is exhumed by the First Gravedigger in Act 5, Scene 1, of the play. The sight of Yorick's skull evokes a reminiscence by Prince Hamlet of the man, who apparently played a role during Hamlet's upbringing: Alas, poor Yorick!
William Shakespeare's play Hamlet has contributed many phrases to common English, from the famous "To be, or not to be" to a few less known, but still in everyday English. Some also occur elsewhere (e.g. in the Bible) or are proverbial. All quotations are second quarto except as noted:
Alas! Poor Yorick! is a 1913 American short comedy film featuring Fatty Arbuckle. [1] The film's title is taken from the Shakespeare play Hamlet. The film was both written and directed by Colin Campbell, and was released on April 21, 1913.
Hamlet arrives with Horatio and banters with one of the gravediggers, who unearths the skull of a jester from Hamlet's childhood, Yorick. Hamlet picks up the skull, saying "Alas, poor Yorick" as he contemplates mortality. Ophelia's funeral procession approaches, led by Laertes. Hamlet and Horatio initially hide, but when Hamlet realizes that ...
From "Alas, poor Yorick!" (V.i): Alas! Poor Yorick!, 1913 film starring Fatty Arbuckle "Alas, Poor Maling", 1940 short story by Graham Greene; Alas Poor Yagan, 1997 editorial cartoon by Dean Alston; Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (V.i) Infinite Jest, album by We Are The Fury (V.i) The Quick and the Dead, 1995 film by Sam Raimi (V.i)
"To be, or not to be" is a speech given by Prince Hamlet in the so-called "nunnery scene" of William Shakespeare's play Hamlet (Act 3, Scene 1). The speech is named for the opening phrase, itself among the most widely known and quoted lines in modern English literature, and has been referenced in many works of theatre, literature and music. In ...
Later, the sexton unearths Yorick's skull, which leads to Hamlet's famous "Alas, poor Yorick" speech. During the Interregnum , all theatres were closed down by the puritan government. [ 12 ] However, even during this time playlets known as drolls were often performed illegally, including one based on the two clowns, called The Grave-Makers ...
Throughout his reminiscing it was obvious that the real Yorick was unhappy, as he lost 355 (whom he apparently considered to be the love of his life), Dr. Mann, and Ampersand, and the fact that his daughter, Beth Jr., had him institutionalized reflecting the title of this issue: the name "Alas" is a reference to the "Alas, poor Yorick" speech ...