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Puck
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  • Role in A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    • Mischief-maker and Oberon’s agent (Act II, scene 1)
    • Botched enchantments and theatrical chaos (Act II, scene 2–Act III, scene 2)
    • Restoration and epilogue (Act IV, scene 1; Act V, epilogue)
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Article Contributors

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  • Urnesha Bhattacherjee
    Associate Editor, Britannica India

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  • Dutta Promeet
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Article History

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Article thoroughly revised.
  • Urnesha Bhattacherjee
Nov 18, 2025
Add new Web site: Fact Monster - Entertainment - Puck.
  • Dutta Promeet
Dec 28, 2010
Article revised.
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Sep 09, 2005
Article added to new online database.
  • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Jul 20, 1998
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