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.1603 the King's Men. The members shared in the ownership of the theater and the profits, and most took part in the performances. Richard BurbageBurbage, Richard
, 1567?–1619, first great English actor. The leading tragedian of the Chamberlain's Men, he originated the title roles in Shakespeare's Hamlet, Lear, Othello, and Richard III.
..... Click the link for more information. was the most famous player. The most important rival company was the Admiral's MenAdmiral's Men,
theatrical company of players, officially designated the Admiral's Men in 1585. They were rivals of the Chamberlain's Men and performed at the theaters of Philip Henslowe. Their leading actor was Edward Alleyn.
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They discuss the events in his life, the creation of documents that witness it, and the conditions under which these records were stored, including the 1596 neighbors' petition against the Blackfriars playhouse, his father's application for a coat of arms, the Quiney papers, indentures and chirographs used in property transactions, his will, the license for the company known as Lord Chamberlain's Men, documents related to his interactions with playing companies, Audit Office records of court productions, the Replingham agreement, and the Blackfriars deed for the purchase of the Blackfriars Gatehouse.

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Andrew Wise, on the other hand, exclusively published plays by Shakespeare, all of which were associated with the Chamberlain's Men. Regardless of whether it was Burby's edition of Love's Labour's Lost or one of Wise's reprints that first appeared on bookstalls with a paratextual attribution in 1598, it is Wise's publication practices that are especially significant for understanding Shakespearean attribution and publication.

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