List of Historical Figures Dramatised By Shakespeare - T

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• Talbot:
  • Sir John Talbot is the leader of the English forces in France, and therefore the chief enemy of Joan, in Henry VI, Part 1.
  • John Talbot is the son of Sir John Talbot. They die together bravely in battle in Henry VI, Part 1.
• Tamora is the evil queen of the Goths who marries Saturninus in Titus Andronicus.
• Taurus is a follower of Caesar in Antony and Cleopatra.
• Thidias is a follower of Caesar in Antony and Cleopatra, sent with messages to Cleopatra and to Antony.
• Thomas More was Chancellor under Henry VIII (though historically had been allowed to resign before the birth of Elizabeth depicted in Henry VIII).
• Timon is the central character of Timon of Athens. His over-generosity leads him into poverty, and his friends abandon him.
• Trebonius is one of the conspirators against Julius Caesar.
• Sir James Tyrrell is employed to murder the Princes in the Tower in Richard III.