Puck! A midsummers night dream.

[ZaphodBeblebrox]

Should Puck Be played by a Guy or a Girl? I would really like to know it plagues me. I've been trying to figure it out. I have only seen it done by grils.
although i think that it can be done just as well be a guy though.
any buddy got some input

[lost_sylph]

http://www.boldoutlaw.com/puckrobin/puckages.html

Perhaps this site will help. Perhaps not.


Amber

[JBI]

Well, Shakespeare only was able to cast boys, so technically all Shakespeare, if you are trying to be accurate, should be played by boys. As it is however, it doesn't really matter since the director will do some weird thing with the play anyway.

[P.Dot]

Zap, I know your wondering whether Puck should be play by a guy or a girl, at the end of the day it doesn't really matter what you chose to see the character as.
If you want too look deeply into the play then Oberon call him 'Robin' so it might be slightly relevant to the gender issue, and also as JBI said theatre in Shakespear's time only cast men and boys.

[itdiestoday516]

Well, there is DVD version on the play that is directed by Michael Hoffman where the role of Puck is played by a male. In fact, he is played by the actor Stanley Tucci. But also, i saw the play a couple months ago where i live, and i girl was playing that part of Puck. I think that either a boy or girl can play this part, as long as the person playing the character fits it well.

Well, hope i helped

~the HxC Chick in Florida
~~Kianni
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[mbrabec]

i once saw an amazing rendition of midsummer night's dream in ashland, oregon where puck, and all the fairies, were males. in black leather & fishnets and stiletto boots. it was so funny. it was a really clever twist on a classic play, as the entire show was set in the sixties. anyway, i think that just shows that although we all know how shakespeare originally intended the play to be, it is up to modern directors to make the play their own.

[londa]

In our generation Puck is traditionally played by a young woman. It gives Puck a lightness of movement that is suggested in the lines. The lines suggest leaping to many directors. I've also seen very nice results when young men play the part. You are right, it doesn't matter.