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Margaret Irvine (20 January 1948 – 24 June 2023) [1] [2] was a British crossword compiler. She created hundreds of cryptic crosswords between 2006 and 2023 mostly for The Guardian under the pseudonym Nutmeg.
Vince Cardinale as Puck from the Carmel Shakespeare Festival production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, September 2000. Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, is a character in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream. Based on the Puck of English mythology and the púca of Celtic mythology, [1] [2] Puck is a mischievous fairy, sprite, or jester ...
Margaret Petherbridge Farrar (March 23, 1897 – June 11, 1984) was an American journalist and the first crossword puzzle editor for The New York Times (1942–1968). Creator of many of the rules of modern crossword design, she compiled and edited a long-running series of crossword puzzle books – including the first book of any kind that Simon & Schuster published (1924). [1]
Puck is first introduced in the fairies' story and creates the drama of the lovers' story by messing up who loves whom, and places the donkey head on Bottom's in his story. Similarly, Bottom is performing in a play in his story intending it to be presented in the lovers' story, as well as interacting with Titania in the fairies' story.
Puck is also a major character in Michael Buckley's 2005–2012 book series The Sisters Grimm. Puck (Robin Goodfellow) is a character in Rob Thurman's Cal Leandros series of novels (2006–). Puck is a main character in Julie Kagawa's 2010–2015 The Iron Fey Series, along with other characters from A Midsummer Night's Dream. Puck is also the ...
Puck (A Midsummer Night's Dream), a character from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. Puck, from the Faeries CBS TV special; Puck, from the Gargoyles animated series; Puck, the eponymous character from Rudyard Kipling's book Puck of Pook's Hill and its sequel; Puck, from The Sandman series of comic books; Puck, from The Sisters Grimm ...
Shakespeare's 1595 play A Midsummer Night's Dream features the character "Robin Goodfellow," who is also called "sweet Puck," a version of the púca. [15] The title character in the 1944 stage play Harvey, later adapted into a 1950 film starring James Stewart, is a six-foot, three-and-a-half-inch (1.92 m) tall rabbit, who is referred to as a ...
The first Puck debuted in Alpha Flight #1 (Aug 1983) and was created by John Byrne. [1] He had intended for the original Puck to be a dwarf with no superhuman powers, merely great fighting and acrobatic skills; subsequent writer Bill Mantlo retconned Puck's small stature as being due to mystical influences.