Puck - Montgomery, Alabama
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trodman
N 32° 21.037 W 086° 12.831
16S E 573973 N 3579571
A sculpture of the character Puck from Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream". This sculpture can be found in the Blount Cultural Park in Montgomery, AL adjacent to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival. This is copy 1/3 of this sculpture.
Waymark Code: WM9QKT
Location: Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/19/2010
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PUCK was commissioned by the former Postmaster General of the U.S., Winton Blount, who selected this mischievous character from A Midsummer Night's Dream to grace the Carolyn Blount Theatre in Montgomery, AL. The impish smile, the wiggly toes and just the slightest protrusion of a horn above the right forehead, are a few of the magnificent examples of how well MacQueen succeeded in bringing to life this character from Shakespeare. The model was Yvan Michaud who was dancing Oscar Ariaz's ballet PUCK.
Elizabeth MacQueen was born in Birmingham, AL, and educated at UCLA's Dickson Art Center. She is a member of the National Sculpture Society, NYC, and a core founder of the Western Academy of Women Artists. She has studied and traveled extensively, speaking three languages. She continues to maintain international ties by interviewing in French for "Les Saisons de la Danse" in their Paris office and exhibiting at the Palazzo Mediceo, Seravezza, Italy.
Character Type: Literature
Character originator: William Shakespeare
Internet Link: [Web Link]
Address or Location:
Blount Cultural Park, Montgomery, Alabama
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