Example sentences of "company of players " in BNC.

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1 In the summer months companies of players often came to small towns , and in 1587 five different companies came .
2 There were new companies of players and Will now belonged to the Lord Chamberlain 's Men .
3 By 1590 , however , the number of new plays was such that this was no longer practicable and companies of players were required instead to submit manuscripts before the play was acted .
4 The companies of players did not perceive their plays as fixed texts , literary works which they felt some obligation to present accurately .
5 ‘ Mr Shatford 's Company of Players ’ arrived in town in the July of 1800 , consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Shatford themselves , together with 11 men , one ‘ Miss ’ , five ‘ Mrs. 's ’ and someone described darkly as a ‘ young lady of Bath … ’ .
6 Muller , however , is surprised to find himself in the company of players he once idolised , and he has yet to recognise that he is about to become a similar figure .
7 And if you found that you had entered the company of players , of actors , of those descended from strolling vagabonds and historically always noted and envied for the looseness of their morals , then all your Christmases came at once .
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