Jester named in a Shakespeare soliloquy (6)

I believe the answer is:

yorick

(Other definitions for yorick that I've seen before include "Well-known to Hamlet" , "King's jester" , "White-face clown" , "Skull in 'Hamlet'" , "Shakespeare character" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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