This Elizabethan theatrical company was first known as the Lord Howard's Men, named after their patron Charles Howard. Howard became England's lord high Admiral in 1585, at which point the group's name was changed to reflect his new title. It was later known as Nottingham's Men, Prince Henry's Men, and the Elector Palatinate's Men.
The main actor of the Admiral's Men was Edward Alleyn; their manager was Phillip Henslowe. The group acted in the plays of Christopher Marlowe, such as Tamburlaine and Doctor Faustus, and also staged plays by George Chapman and William Haughton. The rise of the Chamberlain's Men, and the retirement of Alleyn in 1603, began the company's decline; they had disbanded by 1631.
The Admiral'sMen, or the Lord Admiral'sMen, was a theatre company first patronized by Charles Howard, 2nd Baron Howard of Effingham.
The company acted first at court between 1576 and 1579 under the name of Lord Howard's Men, after which the next mention of the company is as the Admiral'sMen after Howard's appointment as Lord High Admiral in 1585.
The Rose, and subsequently the Admiral'sMen, were managed by Philip Henslowe, a London entrepreneur and the most famous of Elizabethan theatre managers.
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