FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE
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Boys To Men
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Kingsmen
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New York and Company
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Queensmen
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Detailed explanation-1: -King’s Men, English theatre company known by that name after it came under royal patronage in 1603. Its previous name was the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Considered the premier acting company in Jacobean England, the troupe included William Shakespeare as its leading dramatist and Richard Burbage as it principal actor.
Detailed explanation-2: -Shakespeare’s Acting Company They were originally formed under the patronage of a Lord Strange, but soon enough grew to fame as Lord Chamberlain’s Men under Henry Carey, the Lord Chamberlain. Later, when King James I became their patron, they change their name to The King’s Men.
Detailed explanation-3: -They kept the name Lord Chamberlain’s Men until the accession of James I in 1603, when they became the King’s Men. Most of Shakespeare’s plays were created for the Lord Chamberlain’s Men. Between 1594 and 1603, they mostly played in London at the Theatre, and then at the Globe.
Detailed explanation-4: -The King’s Men is the acting company to which William Shakespeare (1564–1616) belonged for most of his career. Formerly known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, they became the King’s Men in 1603 when King James I ascended the throne and became the company’s patron.
Detailed explanation-5: -Formed at the end of a period of flux in the theatrical world of London, it had become, by 1603, one of the two leading companies of the city and was subsequently patronised by James I and renamed The King’s Men.