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'Richard Tarleton, The Actor', (1897). English actor Richard Tarlton (or Tarleton, died 1588), was the most famous clown of his time. His comic doggerel verse came to be known as 'Tarltons'. He was influential in turning the Elizabethan theatre into a form of mass entertainment. From Old and New London, Volume I, by Walter Thornbury. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris & Melbourne, 1897]