It's been licked, kissed and caressed. It's been played by a beige sweater and the real remains of a Hamlet-loving horse thief. As Andrew Scott gets ready to be or not to be, we explore the history of Yorick's craniumPhilosophical puzzle, memento mori, bleak joke on the nature of existence: interpret it however you want, but Hamlet lifting a skull is one of the defining dramatic images of all time. When Andrew Scott …
SOURCE: The Guardian at 11:54AM on February 16, 2017