What was the new name of William Shakespeare's theatre company?

Answer 1

During the life of Queen Elizabeth, it was the Lord Chamberlain's company. After her death in 1603, her successor, James I, became the company's patron, and it became known as the King's Company.

Answer 2

William Shakespeare's theatre company was The Chamberlain's Men, named after The Lord Chamberlain, an official responsible for royal and public entertainment.

In 1603, when Queen Elizabeth I died and King James I became king, the new king became their patron and the name was changed to The King's Men.

Shakespeare stayed with the Chamberlain's men (later King's men) throughout the last part of his career as an actor, playwright and administrator. Other companies he had worked with to perform his plays include the Earl of Derby's, The Earl of Pembroke's and the Earl of Sussex' men.

Before Lord Hunsdon became Lord Chamberlain, and for a brief period after his death, before his son also became Lord Chamberlain, they were Lord Hunsdon's Men.

Answer 3

There are no records to indicate with which company Shakespeare first worked. The list of suspects include Queen Elizabeth's Men, Strange's Men, Derby's Men, Pembroke's Men, and others. In 1594, he helped co-found the Lord Chamberlain's Men.

Answer 4

When they changed patrons, or when the patrons got new titles, the company name changed. Thus they were originally called The Lord Chamberlain's Men, after Henry Carey, Baron Hunsdon, who happened to be the Lord Chamberlain. When he died in 1596, the patronage was taken over by his son, George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, so the name changed to Lord Hunsdon's Men. When the younger Hunsdon also got the Lord Chamberlain's job nine months later, they became the Lord Chamberlain's Men again and stayed that way until 1603 when the patronage was taken over by King James I. At that point the name became The King's Men. When King James died in 1625, his son the new king Charles I took over the patronage of the company (dissolving his own company, Prince Charles's Men in the process) so they continued as the King's Men until Parlliament closed the theatres in 1642. You will note that although this theatre company existed for 48 years, and existed in some modified form for longer, William Shakespeare was only associated with it for nineteen of these (1594-1613), much less than some other partners, so it is misleading to call it "William Shakespeare's Company"

Answer 5

Shakespeare belonged for almost twenty years out of a career that was not much more than twenty-five years to a theatre group called The Lord Chamberlain's Men and later The King's Men. It is important to understand that Shakespeare was not the leader of this group--that was Richard Burbage.

Answer 6

William Shakespeare's theatre company was The Chamberlain's Men

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Answer 7

The company was called the Lord Chamberlain's Men until 1603.

Answer 8

Various but perhaps the best known is the kings men

Answer 9

I believe they were called "Lord Chamberlain's Men " at first, and later " the King's Men"