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Before 1594, Shakespeare worked with one or more of the following companies: Pembroke's Men, Derby's Men, Strange's Men, and Queen Elizabeth's Men. In that year, Burbage, Shakespeare, and others formed the Lord Chamberlain's Men, named for their patron (sponsor. In 1603 the company acquired King James I as its patron and changed its name to the King's Men.

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