Puck in popular culture appearance is in William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". As Robin Goodfellow, Puck appears in a roughly contemporaneous Elizabethan play, "Grim the Collier of Croydon" (1600). It is unknown how Shakespeare's Puck appeared on the stage; but the figure in "Grim" was costumed "in a suit of leather close to his body; his face and hands coloured russet-coloured, with a flail." Puck is the story-framer in "Puck of Pook's Hill" (1906) and "Rewards and Fairies" (1910) short story cycles by Rudyard Kipling. In Susanna Clarke's short story "The Ladies of Grace Adieu," Robin Goodfellow appears as a mischievous yet caring
Dream of a Summer Night Dream of a Summer Night Dream of a Summer Night (, also spelled as "Dream of a Summer's Night") is a 1983 Italian musical film written and directed by Gabriele Salvatores, at his directorial debut. Based on a rock musical directed by the same Salvatores, it is a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". It was screened in the "De Sica" section at the 40th edition of the Venice International Film Festival. The wedding day of Teseo and Ippolita, two young heirs of the Milanese bourgeoisie, is near. Everything has been arranged: the party will take place