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Lord Chamberlain's Men
Neville Chamberlain
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They didn't change their name--it was changed for them when their patron changed or when his job changed. In fact their name changed several times: From the Lord Chamberlain's Men to Lord Hunsdon's Men when the Lord Chamberlain died and his son Lord Hunsdon took over patronage of the company, from Lord Hunsdon's Men to the Lord Chamberlain's Men when Hunsdon became Lord Chamberlain like his father, and from the Lord Chamberlain's Men to The King's Men when King James I took over patronage of the company. The partners in the company had nothing to say about it.
Lord Hunsdon was the Lord Chamberlain of England; so the company took his title as its name.
the kings men
The Kings Men
All Elizabethan theatre companies took their name from the name of their patron. When their patron changed, their name changed. When the Lord Chamberlain's Men stopped being sponsored by the Lord Chamberlain and started being sponsored by the King, they became the King's Men. The members of the theatre company didn't have any say in the matter.
Lord Chamberlain's Men was created in 1594.
He lent it his name. It was illegal for people to be itinerant actors, that is, actors who could not prove that they worked for someone. The Lord Chamberlain very graciously allowed the actors to say that they were the servants of the Lord Chamberlain, so they would not be arrested as vagrants. That was the extent of his involvement.
The Lord Chamberlain who was the patron for Shakespeare's acting company was Henry Carey, the 1st Baron Hunsdon. He served as Lord Chamberlain from 1585 until his death in 1596 and supported the Lord Chamberlain's Men, the acting company to which Shakespeare belonged. Under his patronage, the company flourished and performed many of Shakespeare's plays.
The Lord Chamberlain's men.
The name of every Elizabethan and Jacobean acting company tells you the name of the company's patron or sponsor. It's like having an acting company called the Coca-Cola Players. Lord Strange's Men, The Lord Admiral's Men, The Lord Chamberlain's Men and the King's Men were sponsored by Lord Strange, the Lord Admiral, the Lord Chamberlain, and the king, James I, respectively.
Shakespeare did not join a different company. The Lord Chamberlain's Men merely changed their name to the King's Men. The company remained intact.
The company with whom Shakespeare was most closely associated went under three names at various times. It formed as The Lord Chancelor's Men in 1594. It took the name Lord Hunsdon's Men when its original patron died, and resumed its original name when he, too, was made Lord Chamcelor, like his father. In 1603, the name changed to The King's Men to honor their new patron, King James I.