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Of this Company nothing is known. It may refer to the Lord Admiral’s Company, in which Allen was the chief actor.
The theatre was rebuilt in 1623, when the same company was installed in their new playhouse. Later these comedians are found playing at the theatre in Salisbury Court. According to the title page of Holland’s Leaguer, which it states as having been acted by Prince Charles’ men (a new patron of the Admiral’s) at Salisbury Court Theatre, a list of actors and their parts are prefixed to this play. The reason of their abandoning their own theatre, the Fortune, is not known. They also acted at the Red Bull Theatre, returning to the Fortune in 1640, where they remained until the theatre was closed by Act of Parliament. For clearness’ sake, the reader should remember that this company was known during the reign of Elizabeth as the Lord Admiral’s, but in James’ and Charles’ reigns it was under different patrons:
Until 1597, Admiral’s men, patron Baron Howard.
Until 1603, Nottingham’s men, more often Admiral’s men.
From 1603–1612, Prince’s men, patron Prince Henry, eldest son of James I, died in 1612.
Then the company came under the patronage of Frederick Elector Palatine, who married Elizabeth, daughter of James I, from whom the Hanoverian monarchy is descended. The company remained under the patronage of the Elector, under the name of the Palsgrave’s men, until the birth of Prince Charles, eldest son of Charles I, when they became Prince Charles’ men until the closing of the theatres in 1642.
The list of plays in which the Admiral’s men acted would total several hundreds. Anyone who is desirous of studying the list will find an excellent account of all the plays mentioned in Mr. W. Greg’s edition of Henslowe’s Diary. As I have stated elsewhere, and repeat again with pleasure, no writer of the theatrical history of the Elizabethan period is better equipped with all the necessary scholarship than the industrious and marvellously learned editor of the Diary.