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| Esther Mok as Puck/ Robin Goodfellow |
Esther Mok performing as Puck in Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare. This was an ICS production performed in April 2010 at the Lu Kao Hwa Theater, Hong Kong. Chinese culture was infused into this production of Midsummer Night's Dream to make it more relatable to the Chinese audience in Hong Kong. The production engaged heavily with Peking Opera and used its aesthetics as inspirations for the artistic and acting direction. In Shakespeare's play, Puck is a clever, mischievous elf or spirit that personifies the trickster or the wise knave. In this production more specifically, Esther Mok plays as a cunning spirit that causes mishap with a hint of Chinese, Pekin Opera flavour.
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| 'How now, spirit? Whither wander you?' |
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| 'The king doth keep his revels here tonight. Take heed the queen come not within his sight.' |
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| 'Either I mistake your shape and making quite, Or else you are that shrewd and knavish sprite Called Robin Goodfellow.' |
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| 'My mistress with a monster is in love.' |
Photo Credits: Paul Wilson
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