ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -The players were known as Lord Hunsdon’s Men until George Carey became Lord Chamberlain in 1597. 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Once more it was known as Hunsdon’s Men, until their new patron himself took office as Lord Chamberlain in 1597. Thereafter, it was known as the Lord Chamberlain’s Men, until the accession of James I in March 1603, when, by letters patent, it was taken under royal patronage and henceforth known as the King’s Men.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Lord Chamberlain’s Men was the playing company that William Shakespeare worked for as actor and playwright for nearly a third of his career.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Lord Chamberlain’s Men – and later The King’s Men – was the name of the company of players (actors) with which Shakespeare worked for almost all of his theatrical career, as actor, dramatist and theatre manager.