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.
The owners of the Globe theatre were all members of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, including Richard and Cuthbert Burbage and William Shakespeare.
It didn't. The Lord Chamberlain's Men was not a theatre. It was a company of actors and other men who put on plays. They were formed in 1594. They took their name from their patron--by law, acting companies of this kind had to have a patron--who was the Lord Chamberlain. In 1603, they got a new patron and a new name, although it was still the same group of actors. Their new patron was King James I, and so their new name was The King's Men. There never was such a thing as the King's Men Theatre.
The Lord Chamberlain's Men were the acting company which William Shakespeare belonged to. He performed with them, and his plays were the property of the company. The connection of the company with Shakespeare is what makes it significant.
The Lord Chamberlain's men changed their name because they gained the patronage of the reigning monarch King James I thus becoming The King's Men.
Shakespeare did not make the change. Even if the company could have the right to change the name, Shakespeare did not have the right to speak for the company--Richard Burbage was its leader not Shakespeare. The name was changed by King James I. When he came to the throne, he took over patronage of the company. When the patron changed, the name changed.
They are more commonly remembered as the King's Men.
They were a theatre company. They put on plays.
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Lord Chamberlains Men
The owners of the Globe theatre were all members of the Lord Chamberlain's Men, including Richard and Cuthbert Burbage and William Shakespeare.
It didn't. The Lord Chamberlain's Men was not a theatre. It was a company of actors and other men who put on plays. They were formed in 1594. They took their name from their patron--by law, acting companies of this kind had to have a patron--who was the Lord Chamberlain. In 1603, they got a new patron and a new name, although it was still the same group of actors. Their new patron was King James I, and so their new name was The King's Men. There never was such a thing as the King's Men Theatre.
The Lord Chamberlain's Men were the acting company which William Shakespeare belonged to. He performed with them, and his plays were the property of the company. The connection of the company with Shakespeare is what makes it significant.
About 1 year. Actually the Lord Chamberlain's Men did not do the building (that was a man called Peter Street), and not all of them contributed money to the project. The Globe was owned only by those members of the company who put in money.
They were the acting company with which he was associated for nearly twenty years.
The Lord Chamberlain's men changed their name because they gained the patronage of the reigning monarch King James I thus becoming The King's Men.
Shakespeare did not make the change. Even if the company could have the right to change the name, Shakespeare did not have the right to speak for the company--Richard Burbage was its leader not Shakespeare. The name was changed by King James I. When he came to the throne, he took over patronage of the company. When the patron changed, the name changed.
The theatre company to which Shakespeare belonged for most of his career started off as The Lord Chamberlain's Men, but when their patron changed from the Lord Chamberlain to the King their name changed to the King's Men.