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was moving up into the higher levels of the late-Elizabethan social and political structure; in April 1601 he became the Queen's Master of the Horse. It was to add to his prestige that
Worcester wanted to bring his players to London. Through the 1590s, only two companies of adult players, the
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Worcester's Men as he had with the Admiral's: many company members were soon in debt to him for small loans.)
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The troupe did not achieve a degree of success equal to that of the Lord
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as of 31 March 1602. The company was initially supposed to play only at the
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or the
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31:William Somerset, 3rd Earl of Worcester
228:English early modern theatre companies
42:Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester
16:Acting company in Renaissance England
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212:A Shakespeare Companion 1564–1964.
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