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'''The Lord Chamberlain's Men''' was a company of actors, or a "[[playing company]]" (as it then would likely have been described), for which [[Shakespeare]] wrote during most of his career. [[Richard Burbage]] played most of the lead roles, including [[Hamlet]], [[Othello]], [[King Lear]], and [[Macbeth]]. Formed at the end of a period of flux in the theatrical world of London, it had become, by 1603, one of the two leading companies of the city and was subsequently patronized by [[James I of England|James I]].
It was founded during the reign of [[Elizabeth I of England|Elizabeth the first of England]] in 1594 under the [[patronage]] of [[Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon]], then the [[Lord Chamberlain]], who was in charge of court entertainments. After Carey's death on 23 July 1596, the company came under the patronage of his son, [[George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon]], for whom it was briefly known as '''Lord Hunsdon's Men'''. When George Carey in turn became Lord Chamberlain on 17 March 1597, it reverted to its previous name. The company became the [[King's Men (playing company)|King's Men]] in 1603 when [[James I of England|King James]] ascended the throne and became the
==Playhouses==
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