Worcester's Men

A later iteration of the company toured through the 1580s and '90s; little is known about its activities, though in 1583 it included the sixteen-year-old Edward Alleyn, at the start of his illustrious career.[1] By the start of the seventeenth century, Edward Somerset, 4th Earl of Worcester 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.The company was initially supposed to play only at the Boar's Head Inn; but by August of that year they were negotiating with Philip Henslowe.[4] In this incarnation, Worcester's Men included, at one time or another, John Lowin, actor/playwright Thomas Heywood and the famous clown Will Kempe.And in the latter part of that year Worcester's absorbed Oxford's Men, another company that had previously been active mostly as a touring troupe.
RenaissanceEnglandWilliam Somerset, 3rd Earl of WorcesterEdward AlleynEdward Somerset, 4th Earl of WorcesterLord Chamberlain's MenAdmiral's MenPrivy CouncilBoar's Head InnPhilip HensloweRose TheatreFortuneThomas DekkerWentworth SmithJohn DayHenry ChettleRichard HathwayeJohn WebsterJohn LowinThomas HeywoodWill KempeChristopher BeestonJohn DukeA Woman Killed with KindnessJames IQueen Anne's MenChambers, E. K.Halliday, F. E.