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) between them with a submerged wire. In 1978, "Rude" and "Heck" came to the assistance of the burning research vessel "Midnight Sun", rescuing "Midnight Sun"′s crew and scientists and saving the vessel from total loss. "Rude"′s crew took aboard all 20 of "Midnight Sun"s crew members and scientists, who were afloat in life rafts near "Midnight Sun", administered first aid to them, and transported them to shore. "Heck"'s crew, meanwhile, fought the fire aboard "Midnight Sun" for 20 consecutive hours and saved "Midnight Sun" from sinking. For their efforts in saving "Midnight Sun" and her crew, the crews of "Rude"