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
NOAAS Rude (S 590) the smallest in the NOAA fleet. She had a total of 11 bunk spaces. The ship's mess room could seat seven. She carried a complement of four NOAA Corps officers and seven other crew members, including one licensed engineer. "Rude"′s deck equipment featured one winch and one telescoping boom crane. This equipment gave "Rude" a lifting capacity of up to 7,500 pounds (3,400 kg). She also had 500 feet (152 meters) of cable that could pull up to 250 pounds (113 kg). For her primary mission of inshore hydrographic surveys, "Rude" had a differential global positioning system (DGPS), a multibeam