. William Shakespere : a biography. s is notwith their real tragedies. From about the period of Shaksperes first connection with the stage, andtlience with the Court, Henry Lord Hunsdon, the kinsman of Elizabeth, wasLord Chamberlain. It is remarkable, that when Burbage erected the Black-friars Theatre, in 1576, close by the houses of Lord Hunsdon and of the famousRatclifFe, Earl of Sussex, Lord Hunsdon was amongst the petitioners againstthe project of Burbage. But the Earl of Sussex, who was then Lord Cham-berlain, did not petition against the erection of a playhouse ; and he may therefore be

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. William Shakespere : a biography. s is notwith their real tragedies. From about the period of Shaksperes first connection with the stage, andtlience with the Court, Henry Lord Hunsdon, the kinsman of Elizabeth, wasLord Chamberlain. It is remarkable, that when Burbage erected the Black-friars Theatre, in 1576, close by the houses of Lord Hunsdon and of the famousRatclifFe, Earl of Sussex, Lord Hunsdon was amongst the petitioners againstthe project of Burbage. But the Earl of Sussex, who was then Lord Cham-berlain, did not petition against the erection of a playhouse ; and he may therefore be supposed to have approved of it. The opinions, however, of LordHunsdon must have undergone some considerable change; for upon his suc-ceeding to the office of Lord Chamberlain upon the death of Sussex, he becamethe patron of Shaksperes company. They were the Lord Chamberlains men ;or, in otiier words, the especial servants of the Court. Henry Lord Hunsdonlield this office for eleven years, till his death in 159^. Elizabeth bestowed. [Loid % m r V,

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