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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>

The Lady Elizabeth's Men reappear in London in 1622, when they are working for [[Christopher Beeston]]&mdash;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, theyth Lady Elizabeth's Men were replaced by, or combined with, the newly-created Queen Henrietta's Men.

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