Admiral’s Men

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Admiral’s Men was a prominent Elizabethan acting company in London, best known as the chief rival to the Lord Chamberlain’s Men and for staging many of Christopher Marlowe’s plays.

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Label Occurrences
Admiral's Men 5
Admiral’s Men canonical 3

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Elizabethan acting company ⓘ
theatrical company ⓘ
activeDuring Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance
alsoKnownAs Lord Admiral’s Men ⓘ
associatedDocument Henslowe’s Diary ⓘ
associatedWith Bankside theatre district ⓘ
linked to: Bankside
chiefRival Lord Chamberlain’s Men ⓘ
linked to: King's Men
companyType professional acting company ⓘ
country England ⓘ
disbandedBy early 17th century ⓘ
era English Renaissance theatre ⓘ
financialBacker Philip Henslowe ⓘ
formedBefore 1594 ⓘ
formedBy Edward Alleyn ⓘ
Philip Henslowe ⓘ
genre Renaissance drama ⓘ
historicalSignificance chief rival to the Lord Chamberlain’s Men ⓘ
languageOfPerformance Early Modern English ⓘ
laterPrimaryPlayhouse Fortune Theatre ⓘ
leadingActor Edward Alleyn ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
manager Philip Henslowe ⓘ
notableFor staging many of Christopher Marlowe’s plays ⓘ
notablePlaywright Christopher Marlowe ⓘ
patron Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham ⓘ
patronTitle Lord High Admiral of England ⓘ
performanceType court performance ⓘ
public theatre ⓘ
performedAt Fortune Theatre ⓘ
Rose Theatre ⓘ
performedFor Elizabeth I of England ⓘ
James I of England ⓘ
linked to: James VI and I
primaryPlayhouse Rose Theatre ⓘ
reorganizedIn 1594 ⓘ
stagedPlay A Looking Glass for London and England ⓘ
Doctor Faustus ⓘ
Friar Bacon and Friar Bungay ⓘ
Orlando Furioso ⓘ
Tamburlaine ⓘ
The Battle of Alcazar ⓘ
The Jew of Malta ⓘ
The Massacre at Paris ⓘ
The Shoemaker’s Holiday ⓘ
The Spanish Tragedy ⓘ
stagedWorkBy Christopher Marlowe ⓘ
usedPlayhouseType amphitheatre ⓘ
open-air public theatre ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

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

The Rose Theatre → associatedWith → Admiral’s Men ⓘ
Tamburlaine → theatreCompany → Admiral's Men ⓘ
linked to: Admiral’s Men
Thomas Heywood → memberOf → Admiral's Men ⓘ
linked to: Admiral’s Men
The Shoemaker's Holiday → firstPerformanceCompany → Admiral's Men ⓘ
linked to: Admiral’s Men
John Day → wroteFor → Admiral's Men ⓘ
linked to: Admiral’s Men
Philip Henslowe → financed → Admiral’s Men ⓘ
Rose Theatre → associatedCompany → Admiral’s Men ⓘ
Shakespearean theatre district of Bankside → associatedWithCompany → Admiral's Men ⓘ
linked to: Admiral’s Men