King's Men

Globe Theatre company

The King's Men was the acting company to which Shakespeare belonged, renamed from the Lord Chamberlain's Men when King James I became their patron in 1603.

They performed at the Globe Theatre and later the Blackfriars, staging most of Shakespeare's plays.

The King's Men premiered Macbeth around 1606.

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