The King’s Men

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English early modern acting company theatre company

The King’s Men was the acting company in early 17th-century England that included William Shakespeare as a leading member and performed many of his plays.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
King's Men	1
Lord Strange's Men	1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	English early modern acting company ⓘ theatre company ⓘ
activeInCentury	16th century ⓘ 17th century ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	King James’s Men NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedInCity	London NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Kingdom of England ⓘ
formedFrom	re-licensed Lord Chamberlain’s Men under James I ⓘ
grantedTitleBy	royal patent ⓘ
grantedTitleInReignOf	James I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Jacobean era NERFINISHED ⓘ late Elizabethan era ⓘ
laterPlaywright	John Fletcher NERFINISHED ⓘ Philip Massinger NERFINISHED ⓘ
leadingPlaywright	William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableMember	Augustine Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Condell NERFINISHED ⓘ John Heminges NERFINISHED ⓘ John Lowin NERFINISHED ⓘ Joseph Taylor NERFINISHED ⓘ Nathan Field NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Burbage NERFINISHED ⓘ Robert Armin NERFINISHED ⓘ William Kempe NERFINISHED ⓘ William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableRoleAssociation	Richard Burbage as Hamlet NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Burbage as King Lear NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Burbage as Othello NERFINISHED ⓘ
operatedAs	commercial company of shareholders ⓘ
patron	James I of England NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedAt	Blackfriars Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of King James I NERFINISHED ⓘ Globe Theatre NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedGenre	comedy ⓘ history play ⓘ tragedy ⓘ tragicomedy ⓘ
performedManyPlaysOf	William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
performedWorkBy	Ben Jonson NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis Beaumont NERFINISHED ⓘ John Fletcher NERFINISHED ⓘ William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessor	The Lord Chamberlain’s Men NERFINISHED ⓘ
receivedRoyalPatentInYear	1603 ⓘ
shareholder	Augustine Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ Henry Condell NERFINISHED ⓘ John Heminges NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Burbage NERFINISHED ⓘ William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	royal acting company ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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

King's Men → alsoKnownAs → The King’s Men ⓘ

Thomas Kyd → associatedWith → The King’s Men ⓘ

this entity surface form: Lord Strange's Men

Love and Hisses → hasCastMember → The King’s Men ⓘ

Blackfriars Theatre → operatedBy → The King’s Men ⓘ

this entity surface form: King's Men