The name of every Elizabethan and Jacobean acting company tellsyou the name of the company's patron or sponsor. It's like havingan acting company called the Coca-Cola Players. **** Strange's Men,The **** Admiral's Men, The **** Chamberlain's Men and the King'sMen were sponsored by **** Strange, the **** Admiral, the LordChamberlain, and the king, James I, respectively.