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Admiral's Men

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Admiral's Men, theatrical company of players, officially designated the Admiral's Men in 1585. They were rivals of the Chamberlain's Men Chamberlain's Men, Elizabethan theatrical company for which Shakespeare, a joint owner of the company, wrote his plays and served as actor. Organized in 1594, they performed at the Globe and at the Blackfriars theaters. Under the patronage of James I they became c.
..... Click the link for more information.  and performed at the theaters of Philip Henslowe Henslowe, Philip , c.1550–1616, English businessman and theatrical manager. Although he managed the Rose Theatre, Bankside, London, and the Fortune Theatre, Cripplegate, London, he is best remembered for his association with his son-in-law Edward Alleyn and the
..... Click the link for more information. . Their leading actor was Edward Alleyn Alleyn, Edward , 1566–1626, English actor. He was the foremost member of the Admiral's Men, joining the group c.1587, and was the only rival of Richard Burbage.
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Two companies were then seen to be pre-eminent, the Admiral's Men whose star was Edward Alleyn--and the Lord Chamberlain's Men, whose star was Richard Burbage.
Shakespeare under two Elizabeths by Berry, Ralph / Contemporary Review
Curiously, as O'Connell notes, there was a "revival" of biblical theater in the 1590s and again in 1602 in plays using the Old Testament or the Apocrypha and written by Thomas Lodge, Robert Greene, George Peele, Samuel Rowley, William Byrd and others for Philip Henslowe and the Admiral's Men, but he offers no explanation for their sudden reappearance.
The Idolatrous Eye: Iconoclasm and Theater in Early-Modern England. ... by Hamilton, Donna B. / Renaissance Quarterly
It was not until 1594 that their patrons arranged for the Admiral's Men and the Lord Chamberlain's Men to settle at the Rose and the Theatre respectively.
Playing Companies and the Drama of the 1580s: A New Direction for ... by WHITE, PAUL WHITFIELD / Shakespeare Studies
 
 
 
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