Shakespeare in performance works were plundered for these scenes. Among the drolls taken from Shakespeare were "Bottom the Weaver" (Bottom's scenes from "A Midsummer Night's Dream") and "The Grave-makers" (the gravedigger's scene from "Hamlet"). At the Restoration in 1660, Shakespeare's plays were divided between the two newly licensed companies: the King's Company of Thomas Killigrew and the Duke's Men of William Davenant. The licensing system prevailed for two centuries; from 1660 to 1843, only two main companies regularly presented Shakespeare in London. Davenant, who had known early-Stuart actors such as John Lowin and Joseph Taylor, was the main figure establishing some continuity with
Shakespeare in the Park festivals fresco Shakespeare performances in Australia. Originally presented in Toowoomba's Queen's Park (2004-2011), this festival recently moved (2012) to the University of Southern Queensland's Toowoomba campus. Presentations on the open-air mainstage since the festival's inception in 2004 include "The Tempest", "Romeo and Juliet", "Macbeth", "Comedy of Errors", "Taming of the Shrew", "Hamlet", "Twelfth Night" and "A Midsummer Night's Dream". Cast includes Creative Arts students from the University of Southern Queensland and also includes a variety of other events to compliment the mainstage offering each year. Western Australia also holds a large Shakespeare in the Park festival in Perth at King's Park