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Shakespeare character's mad speeches for reciting, following advanced national curriculum (11)

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I believe the answer is:

rosencrantz

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'shakespeare character's mad speeches for reciting' is the definition.
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'advanced national curriculum' is the wordplay.
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'advanced' could be 'rose' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'rose' is present in the answer.
'national' could be 'n' (abbreviation listed in Chambers) and 'n' is found within the answer.
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(Other definitions for rosencrantz that I've seen before include "Elsinore courtier (Hamlet)" , "--- and Guildenstern are Dead (Stoppard)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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