 the King's Men) had been denied permission to use the theatre in Blackfriars as a winter playhouse because of objections from the neighbourhood's influential residents.Some time between 1608 and 1610, the company, now the King's Men, reassumed control of the playhouse, this time without objections.Their delayed premiere on this stage within the city walls, along with royal patronage, marks the ascendance of this company in the London play-world (Gurr, 171).