Actor Richard Burton holds Yorick's skull in the classic scene from "Hamlet" during play rehearsal at Kronborg Castle at Elsinore, Denmark on July 5, 1954. (The Associated Press) Heaven truly ...

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This production of "Hamlet" forgoes any "Mad Max" influences, but it isn't without its own surprises. In addition to holding poor Yorick's skull, Hamlet sports a shimmering pair of headphones.

Yet Hamlet will have none of it. The most definitive character of the Western canon is also the most elusive. Every attempt seems a gloss — an approximation of the real thing. And so Shakespeare’s ...

David Tennant, renowned for his portrayal of Hamlet in 2008, has expressed interest in playing another iconic character from the play — Yorick, the jester whose skull is dug up. The Scottish ...

Alas, Poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my afterimage he is! Well ...

Pianist’s skull used in ‘Hamlet’ L.A. Times Archives Nov. 27, 2008 12 AM PT ASSOCIATED PRESS ...

Tchaikowsky’s skull is one of many that have taken the spotlight as the extravagantly mourned jester featured in “Hamlet”; his peers in the role, as The Guardian’s Andrew Dickson today ...