Schalkwyk notes in the context of Shakespeare’s own representations of service, the actor ‘embodies his enabling ‘Commoditie’ – which carried a range of meanings including income, revenue, benefit and convenience –Īdmit that commercial performance is crucial to the company’s activities. Performance and xvthe use of the resonant term The ‘recreation of our loving Subjectes’Īppears to be subordinated to the king’s ‘Solace and pleasure’. Speciall grace certeine knowledge & mere motion ’, and the letters refer twice to the companyĪs ‘our servaunt es’. In the text itself, James licenses and authorizes the performances of the King’s Men ‘of our To the local authorities in Surrey, the City of London or the country at large, they re-inscribed their position as dependent When the King’s Men showed their copy of this document – are central to both the letters patent and this book. In terms not only of our understanding of the player-dramatist’s career but also of the uses of his plays as theatricalĪn intertwined set of concerns – authority, service, commodity and collaboration The King’s Men, it suggests, shaped what we now know as ‘Shakespeare’, It argues that the King’s Men, as theatre-makers in their own right, exercised a generativeĪnd transformative influence on Shakespeare’s plays, and that their practices over four decades shaped traditions that Points of connection between theatre history and literary criticism and interpretation: the moments at which the ‘ArteĪnd faculty of playinge’ – as the letters patent term it – has a direct impact on the character and composition Shakespeare in the Theatre: The King’s Men explores The relationship between the company that James took under his patronage in 1603Īnd the second man named in the list of ‘our servaunt es’, William Shakespeare, The king would also extend the idea of royal patronage to other companies: the Admiral’s Men became Prince Henry’s Men and another leading company, Worcester’s Men, became QueenĪnna’s Men the queen also took on the patronage of one of the all-boy playing companies hitherto associated with theĬhoir schools and grammar schools, the Children of the Chapel becoming the Children of the Queen’s Revels ( Gurr 1996: 168–9). The Admiral’s Men began to eclipse Queen Elizabeth’s ownĬompany. The 1590s, when troupes such as the Chamberlain’s Men xivand The idea that the monarch should exercise direct patronage over a leading company of players, which had lapsed somewhat in In issuing such ‘letters patent’, James reinstated Liberties and freedome of anie other Cittie vniversitie towne or Boroughe. Globe within our County of Surrey, as alsoe within anie towne halls or moute halls or other conveniente places within the Subjects as for our Solace and pleasure when wee shall thincke good to see them duringe our pleasure And the said Com medies and suche like to shewe and exercise publiquely to theire best Com moditie when the infection of the plague shall decrease aswell within theire nowe vsuall howse called the Richard Cowly and the rest of theire Assosiates freely to vse and exercise the Arte and faculty of playinge Com medies Tragedies Histories Enterludes Moralls pastorall es StageplaiesĪnd suche others like as theie haue alreadie studied or hereafter shall vse or studie aswell for the recreation of our loving Heninges Henrie Condell Will iam Sly Rob ert Armyn Will iam Shakespeare Richard Burbage Augustyne Phillippes John Adult volunteers are preferred but responsible teenagers are also welcome.Of our speciall grace certeine knowledge & mere motion haue licenced and aucthorized and by theise p resentes doe licence and aucthorize theise our servaunt es lawrence ffletcher You may volunteer for one or several evenings during the Festival. (All of the above volunteer positions are required for all 18 evenings of the Kingsmen Shakespeare Festival. Sell concession items before production and during intermission ( must be 21 and over). All volunteers will receive a free ticket to 1 performance.īox Office Personnel-Greets patrons, scans tickets, manages exchange of cash and credit card, answers questions, directs patrons to seating areas.Ĭoncessions/Gift Shop- Manages gift shop and sells concession items the production and during intermission.īeer and Wine-Prepares wine/beer station for sale before and during production. Sign up to help with box office, concession, gift shop, beer/wine, gift shop and more! We would love volunteers ages 16 and up (you are welcome to bring friends and family of any age). Kingsmen Shakespeare Company invites you to become part of our festival family! This year's summer productions are The Merry Wives of Windsor and Richard II! Shows are held on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday evenings only.
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