Dead Poets Society · 1989
Neil's Puck: A Midsummer Night's Dream
Neil Perry (Robert Sean Leonard) · On stage, the school play
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Neil wins the part of Puck over his father's objection, and the play ends on Puck's epilogue with Thomas Perry in the audience. That speech asks the crowd to forgive everything as a dream. Mr. Perry does not.
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A Midsummer Night's Dream
William Shakespeare · 1600 · plays
Written between 1590 and 1596. Puck's epilogue is the speech that begins "If we shadows have offended."
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