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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 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.
After the Lord Chamberlain's Men were renamed the King's Men in 1603, they entered a special relationship with the new court of King James. Performance records are patchy, but it is known that the King's Men performed seven of Shakespeare's plays at court between 1 November 1604 and 31 October 1605, including two performances of The Merchant of ...
By 1634 he was a sharer in the King's Revels Men. William Hall – actor. He was one of ten men who tried to re-activate the King's Men in December 1648. His long stage career started by 1630; in 1660 his compatriots agreed to pay him a small pension if he would retire from the troupe. He complied, but the others stopped paying him a year later.
Although on busy occasions, the King's Men appear to have acted as more ordinary servants: in August 1604 they were "waiting and attending" upon the Spanish ambassador at Somerset House, "on his Majesty's service" — but no plays were performed.) [4] They were also turned out to bulk up the Household for grand ceremonial occasions.
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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 ...