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[[Image:Chitraguptaji.jpg|thumb|right|Chitraguptaji with his 2 wives & 4+8 sons]]
The '''Lady Elizabeth's Men''' was a company of actors in [[Jacobean era|Jacobean]] [[London]], formed under the patronage of King [[James I of England|James I's]] daughter Princess [[Elizabeth of Bohemia|Elizabeth]].
[[Image:Deepti Bhatnagar.jpeg|thumb|right|Deepti Bhatnagar]]
'''Bhatnagar''' is a common surname used in mostly northern India among the [[Kayastha]] caste of Hindus. They came from the Second son of the first wife of Lord [[Chitragupta]] the recordkeeper of the [[Yama]] the God for death.{{Fact|date=February 2007}}. Shree Chitraksh (Bhatnagar):Disciple of sage Bhat.Wife was Bhadrakalini.Worshipped Jayanti. Maharaj Chitraguptji sent Shree Chitraksh to establish a Kingdom in the region of Bhat river at Bhattdesh and Malwa.They established Chittor and Chitrakoot He settled then there and his progeny came to be known as Bhatnagar. They are divided into 84 Als.
The company received its royal patent on April 27, 1611; it is thought to have been composed largely of former child actors from the children's troupes—the [[Children of the Chapel]], the [[Children of Paul's]], and others—who were now grown to manhood. On August 29 of 1611, the company signed a bond with [[Philip Henslowe]]; they would rely on Henslowe for financing and would in the future act at Henslowe's theatres, the [[Rose Theatre|Rose]] and the Hope.
==Bhatnagar's main ALS==
Soon after their inception, the company was performing in the provinces; but by 1612 they were back in London, and in that year played four times at Court. In 1613, Lady Elizabeth's Men combined with the [[Children of the Chapel|Children of Whitefriars]], and also, sometime in the next year or two (ca. 1614-15), with [[Prince Charles' Men]].
*Dasania
*Taksalia
*Bhatania
*Kuchania
*Gujaria
*Bahliwal
*Hasiwal
*Mahiwal
*Sambhalwed
*Barsania
*Kanmaujia
*Kerania
*Bhusiwal
*Chondawat
*Baxi
*Pherozabadi
(Total ALS are 84)
In 1615 the combined company had a falling-out with Henslowe, and as a result drew up a list of their grievances, the "Articles of Oppression against Mr. Hinchlowe."<ref>Andrew Gurr, ''Shakespearean Stage,'' pp. 58 ff.</ref> Most of their complaints were financial in nature—that Henslowe loaned them money on extortionate terms, and the like; but they also accused Henslowe of withholding play scripts that the actors had paid for, and of having "broken and dismemb'red five companies" in three years.
==Notable Bhatnagars include==
After Henslowe's death in 1616, the Lady Elizabeth's Men dissolved their bond with Prince Charles' Men, and left London to tour the provinces; they are absent from the extant records of the London theatres for roughly six years. During this era, they lost important cast members. Nathaniel Field joined the [[King's Men (playing company)|King's Men]] in 1616. [[William Ecclestone]] became a King's Man in 1614, as John Rice did around 1620; [[Joseph Taylor]], who had stayed with the Prince Charles' company in 1616 and had become their leading man, replaced [[Richard Burbage]] as the King's Men's lead actor when Burbage died in the spring of 1619. The leakage from the Lady Elizabeth's troupe included plays as well as personnel: plays by [[John Fletcher (playwright)|John Fletcher]] and his collaborators that had been in their repertory, including ''Cupid's Revenge,'' ''The Coxcomb,'' and ''The Knight of Malta,'' ended up as King's Men's plays.<ref>Andrew Gurr, ''The Shakespeare Company,'' pp.128, 159.</ref>
*[[Raja Todar Mal]], [[Non-resident Indian and Person of Indian Origin|Indian]] [[Mughal Empire|Mughal]] emperor [[Akbar]]’s [[finance minister]]
*[[Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar]], [[Padma Bhushan]] scientist
*[[Deepti Bhatnagar]], former runner-up, [[Miss India]]
*[[Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar]] - [[Padma Bhushan]] scientist
*[[Ranjit Bhatnagar]], a [[game designer]]
*[[Shivani Bhatnagar]], a noted jounalist, whose murder became a famous scandal.
*[[S K Bhatnagar]] was a former defence secretary of India and also been Governer of [[Sikkim]] state of India.
*[[Prabhu Lal Bhatnagar]] (1912-08-08 -1976-10-05) commonly addresed as P. L. Bhatnagar was an Indian mathematician known for his contribution to the Bhatnagar-Gross-Krook (BGK) collision model used in Lattice Boltzmann methods (LBM).
The Lady Elizabeth's Men reappear in London in 1622, when they are working for [[Christopher Beeston]]—in April 1624, for example, they performed [[Philip Massinger]]'s ''The Renegado.'' Defections continued: in 1624 Eliard Swanston left to join the King's Men. In 1625, they were replaced by, or combined with, the newly-created Queen Henrietta's Men.
==Note==
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==Reference==
*Andrew Gurr, ''The Shakespearean Stage 1574-1642,'' Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1992.
*Andrew Gurr, ''The Shakespeare Company 1594-1642,'' Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2004.
*F. E. Halliday, ''A Shakespeare Companion 1564-1964,'' Baltimore, Penguin, 1964.
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