A PICTORIAL JOURNEY THROUGH THE LIFE OF

Sir Thomas North

Seventeen striking moments from North's life — and the iconic Shakespearean scenes they inspired. Click any vignette for the full passage. Follow the road from 1551 at the top-left to 1604 at the top-right.

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EARLY LIFE1551 — 1574 ▼
▲ RISE1574 — 1580
WARS1580 — 1592 ▼
▲ FINAL ACTS1592 — 1604
1
1551
Faversham
The Arden Murder
2
1555–57
Rome
Cardinal Pageantry
3
1555–57
Mantua
Virgin Mary & Giulio Romano
4
1560–63
London
Seneca & the Inns of Court
5
1569–74
Leicester's Men
Commedia & Don John
6
1574
Court of France
The Embassy to France
7
1575
Kenilworth
The Kenilworth Festivities
8
1574–80
London
Plutarch's Lives
9
1576–80
England
Jack Cade & Evil Anjou
10
1580–82
Ireland
War & Captain MacMorris
11
1587
Low Countries
Forest of Ardennes
12
1588
Isle of Ely
Facing the Armada
13
1591–92
London
Witches & the Macbeth Echo
14
1591–92
Rouen
The Siege of Rouen
15
1597
London
The Dashing Essex
16
~1603
Britain
Britain Bests Rome
17
~1604
Farewell
The Swan Song