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The King's Men was the acting company to which William Shakespeare (1564–1616) belonged for most of his career. Formerly known as the Lord Chamberlain's Men during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, they became the King's Men in 1603 when King James I ascended the throne and became the company's patron.
The Children of the Chapel played in the theatre beginning in the autumn of 1600 until the King's Men took over in 1608. [3] They successfully used it as their winter playhouse until all the theatres were closed in 1642 when the English Civil War began. [4] In 1666, the entire area was destroyed in the Great Fire of London.
Sejanus His Fall was first performed by the King's Men in 1603, probably at court in the winter of that year. [1] In 1604 it was produced at the Globe Theatre.Contemporary witnesses, including Jonson, reported that the cast was greeted with heckles and hisses by their first audience at the Globe; [2] the 1604 performance was "hissed off the stage". [3]
The sharers employed "hired men" – that is, the minor actors and the workers behind the scenes. The major companies were based at specific theatres in London; the most successful of them, William Shakespeare's company the King's Men, had the open-air Globe Theatre for summer seasons and the enclosed Blackfriars Theatre in the
He is found guilty but his life is spared by the King at this time and he is returned to imprisonment in the Tower of London. 2 December – The King's Men perform a play for the court at Wilton House, [18] perhaps As You Like It. [19] 1604. 14–16 January – Hampton Court Conference with James I, the Anglican bishops and representatives of ...
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First official record: an entry in the Revels Account Book records a performance on 26 December 1604 of "Mesur for Mesur" by "Shaxberd." First published: First Folio (1623). First recorded performance: in the banqueting hall at Whitehall Palace on 26 December 1604, by the King's Men. [250] Evidence: obviously the play was written prior to ...
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