Davenant once again found himself in legal trouble in 1659, when he was imprisoned for his part in Sir George Booth's uprising in Cheshire after the death of Cromwell. He was, however, released the same year, and left once more for France. When Charles II was restored to the throne, Davenant returned to England. The Restoration also led to the re-opening of theatres, which had been closed due to the influence of the puritans under Cromwell. In 1660, he is publicly recorded as being one of the two theatrical patentees, along with Thomas Killigrew, who obtained a monopoly of public theatre performances. He headed the Duke of York's Men and produced highly successful theatrical seasons at Lincoln's Inn Fields from 1660 until his death in 1668. Among his more successful productions were some Shakespeare plays, including: "Hamlet", "Henry VIII", and "Macbeth", as well as non-Shakespeare plays such as Sir Samuel Tuke's "The Tragedy of Five Hours" and John Dryden's comedy "Sir Martin Marall". He had returned to England sometime before the initial production of his adaptation of Shakespeare's "The Tempest", written with John Dryden, who would be named the next (and first officially by letters patent) Poet Laureate.