Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream) The audience is introduced to Puck in Act 2 Scene 1 when one of Titania's fairies encounters Puck: <poem> FAIRY Either I mistake your shape and making quite, Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite Call'd Robin Goodfellow: are not you he That frights the maidens of the villagery; Skim milk, and sometimes labour in the quern And bootless make the breathless housewife churn; And sometime make the drink to bear no barm; Mislead night-wanderers, laughing at their harm? Those that Hobgoblin call you and sweet Puck, You do their work, and they shall have good luck: Are
A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935 film) the house and its occupants with good fortune. After everyone leaves, Puck suggests to the audience that what they just experienced might be nothing but a dream. The Athenian Court The Players The Fairies Casting notes:<br> Many of the actors in this version had never previously performed Shakespeare and would not do so again, especially Cagney and Brown, who were nevertheless highly acclaimed for their performances. Many critics agreed that Dick Powell was miscast as Lysander, and Powell himself concurred with the critics' verdict. Olivia de Havilland originally played the role of Hermia in Max Reinhardt's Hollywood Bowl stage production