Tarlton's Jests And News Out Of Purgatory: With Notes, And Some Account Of The Life Of Tarlton (1844) is a book written by James Orchard Halliwell. The book is a collection of humorous anecdotes and stories, known as jests, attributed to Richard Tarlton, a famous Elizabethan actor and comedian. The book also includes a section on News Out of Purgatory, which is a satirical account of the afterlife. The author provides notes throughout the book to...