Want this question answered?
Shakespeare's acting company was first known as Lord Chamberlain's Men. The name was changed to The Kings Men in 1603 when King James I ascended the throne and became the company's patron.
They got a new patron. Originally their patron was Henry Carey, the Lord Chamberlain. After Queen Elizabeth's death in 1603, their patron was the King, James I. All Elizabethan theatre companies were the name of the patron and then "Men"; when the patron changed, the name changed.
A charter. He himself was the patron of the company. All acting companies at the time had to have a noble patron by law. This was to prevent vagabonds and conmen from pretending to be acting companies.
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.
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's acting company was first known as Lord Chamberlain's Men. The name was changed to The Kings Men in 1603 when King James I ascended the throne and became the company's patron.
He became their patron.
They got a new patron. Originally their patron was Henry Carey, the Lord Chamberlain. After Queen Elizabeth's death in 1603, their patron was the King, James I. All Elizabethan theatre companies were the name of the patron and then "Men"; when the patron changed, the name changed.
A charter. He himself was the patron of the company. All acting companies at the time had to have a noble patron by law. This was to prevent vagabonds and conmen from pretending to be acting companies.
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.
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.
James I, who became patron of the acting company Shakespeare belonged to and who regularly had them play the palace, much more often than Queen Elizabeth did.
It indicates (as the names of all Elizabethan companies did) the name of the patron of the company.
bb marly
Shakespeare became one of the founding members of the Lord Chamberlain's Men company.
King James I was the company's patron. Before that it was Lord Hunsdon, Elizabeth I's Lord Chamberlain, hence the name. They changed their name to the King's Men when James I became their patron.
Henry Wriothesley