What Are Acting Troupes?

Theatrical troupe (French: troupe) is a group of performers working in a theatre company or repertory theatre – originally they often toured. Troupes are frequently organized by theatre practitioners (e.g. Bertolt Brecht's Berliner Ensemble or Tadeusz Kantor's Cricot 2).

What are acting companies?

The Acting Company is a professional theater company that tours the United States annually, staging and performing one or two plays in as many as fifty cities, often with runs of only one or two nights.

When not in London where did the acting troupes perform their plays?

The troupe performed at Theatre and at the Rose Theatre, where they are believed to have staged several of Shakespeare's plays. Upon the death of Lord Strange in 1594, the group left London to perform in the provinces. Some members, however, joined the Chamberlain's Men.