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to George Carey. As well as supporting musicians, Carey was patron of a theatre company to which
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Johnson's surviving compositions for the King's Men theatrical company have been dated to 1610–1617. During these years the King's Men were producing plays by
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as an apprentice. Robert is assumed to have been around 13 at the time, as this was a typical age to begin an apprenticeship, but his date of birth is not known. Carey and his wife
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where a number of lutenists were employed. Lutes came in various sizes and
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