King's Men

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English playing company early modern theatre company

King's Men was the leading early 17th-century English playing company, famously patronized by King James I and home to many of William Shakespeare’s later works and performances.

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All labels observed (7)

Label Occurrences
King's Men canonical 13
King’s Men 5
Lord Chamberlain's Men 5

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf English playing company ⓘ
early modern theatre company ⓘ
activeFrom 1603 ⓘ
activeUntil mid-17th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs The King’s Men ⓘ
associatedMonarch Charles I of England ⓘ
James VI and I ⓘ
surface form: James I of England
basedIn London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
country Kingdom of England ⓘ
dissolutionCause closure of the theatres under the English Civil War and Interregnum ⓘ
field theatre ⓘ
genre Renaissance drama ⓘ
historicalEra Caroline era ⓘ
Stuart period ⓘ
surface form: Jacobean era
mainVenue Blackfriars Theatre ⓘ
The Globe Theatre ⓘ
surface form: Globe Theatre
notableFor being the leading London company in the early 17th century ⓘ
staging many of Shakespeare’s later plays ⓘ
notableMember Augustine Phillips ⓘ
Henry Condell ⓘ
John Heminges ⓘ
John Lowin ⓘ
Joseph Taylor ⓘ
Nathan Field ⓘ
Richard Burbage ⓘ
William Shakespeare ⓘ
patron James VI and I ⓘ
surface form: James I of England
performedWork Antony and Cleopatra ⓘ
Coriolanus ⓘ
Cymbeline ⓘ
Hamlet ⓘ
Henry VIII of England ⓘ
surface form: Henry VIII

King Lear ⓘ
Macbeth ⓘ
Measure for Measure ⓘ
Othello (play) ⓘ
surface form: Othello

The Tempest ⓘ
The Two Noble Kinsmen ⓘ
The Winter's Tale ⓘ
plays by Francis Beaumont ⓘ
plays by John Fletcher ⓘ
plays by Philip Massinger ⓘ
predecessor King's Men self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lord Chamberlain's Men
royalPatentGrantedBy James VI and I ⓘ
surface form: James I of England
royalPatentYear 1603 ⓘ
status official royal playing company ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Gamester → associatedWithTheatreCompany → King's Men ⓘ
William Shakespeare → employer → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain's Men
William Shakespeare → employer → King's Men ⓘ
American Loyalists → alternativeName → King's Men ⓘ
King's Men → predecessor → King's Men self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain's Men
The Globe Theatre → builtBy → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: the Lord Chamberlain's Men
Blackfriars Theatre → homeTo → King's Men ⓘ
Blackfriars Theatre → homeTo → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: Shakespeare’s company
Philip Massinger → associatedCompany → King's Men ⓘ
Beaumont and Fletcher → memberOf → King's Men ⓘ
Nathaniel Field → associatedWith → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: King’s Men
Nathaniel Field → memberOf → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: King’s Men
Nathaniel Field → employer → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: King’s Men
Nathaniel Field → basedIn → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: King’s Men company
Nathan Field → memberOf → King's Men ⓘ
The Alchemist → firstPerformedBy → King's Men ⓘ
Every Man in His Humour → firstPerformanceTheatreCompany → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain's Men
Sejanus His Fall → firstPerformanceCompany → King's Men ⓘ
Catiline His Conspiracy → firstPerformedBy → King's Men ⓘ
Catiline His Conspiracy → theatreCompany → King's Men ⓘ
John Heminges → employer → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain’s Men
John Heminges → employer → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: King’s Men
John Heminges → theatreCompany → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain’s Men
John Heminges → theatreCompany → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: King’s Men
Henry Condell → memberOf → King's Men ⓘ
Henry Condell → memberOf → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain's Men
Henry Condell → theatreCompanyOf → King's Men ⓘ
Henry Condell → theatreCompanyOf → King's Men ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lord Chamberlain's Men