Who was Yorik?

Question: Who was Yorik!?

In Skakespeare's Hamlet~~Hamlet is standing near a half dug grave!. The gravedigger tosses out a human skull ;Hamlet picks it up and says ~~who was buried here!. The gravedigger replies~~~Yorik!. Who was Yorik!?Www@QuestionHome@Com

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Yorick was the kings jester!.hamlet knew him in his younger days and loved him!.in the english of shakespeares time they did not have what is called the group genitive that is the addition of 's to words,so hamlet could not say Yorick,the king's jester's skull!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Shakespeare's fictional court jester is thought to be based on the real life Richard Tarlton, born around 1530 in the village of Condover in Shropshire!. He was an actor, dramatist and court jester and was one of the Queen's Company of Players!. Such was his popularity that even inns and taverns were named after him!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

alas poor yorik i knew him wellWww@QuestionHome@Com

Alas I don`t know, the last I heard he was skulling around somewhere!.Www@QuestionHome@Com