puck – Shakespeare and the Players at Emory University Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:17:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 124205043 Annie Russell /annie-russell/ Tue, 11 Aug 2015 18:17:06 +0000 http://scholarblogs.emory.edu/shakespeare/?p=1988 Read more]]> (1864-1936)

Annie Russell began her career as a child and toured all over South and North America. Illness forced her retirement for a time, but she returned to the stage when she was thirty and first played in London in 1898. Although she had played some Shakespeare earlier in her career, in 1912 she formed the Old English Comedy Troupe and after that presented several Shakespeare comedies such as A Midsummer Night’s Dream (shown here). She retired in 1918.

Annie Russell in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Annie Russell as Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" ]]>
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Leslie French /leslie-french/ Mon, 10 Aug 2015 18:00:37 +0000 http://scholarblogs.emory.edu/shakespeare/?p=1873 Read more]]> (1904-1999)

Leslie French, the English actor, played Puck in this 1935 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream. He joined the Old Vic in 1930. French became well known for playing Shakespeare’s spirit characters and clowns and fools. He played roles such as Ariel in The Tempest, the Fool in King Lear, and Touchstone in As You Like It frequently. In the 1960s, he played in a number of films. He was also engaged in promoting multi-racial theaters in South Africa in the 1950s and 1960s.

Leslie French as Puck and Fay Compton as Titania in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Leslie French as Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Leslie French as Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" ]]>
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Puck /puck/ Tue, 04 Aug 2015 19:11:19 +0000 http://scholarblogs.emory.edu/shakespeare/?p=1768 Read more]]> Puck is a character in A Midsummer Night’s Dream.

Leslie French as Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Leslie French as Puck in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" "In The Palace of Theseus" in Cast of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" Leslie French as Puck and Fay Compton as Titania in "A Midsummer Night's Dream" ]]>
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