Baptiste Belleudy Well, actually, his name is Robin and he is a Puck, so in this setting of yours (New Orleans) a 'Puck' could be a way to call a Paperboy and he could be a smart, ageless, Gavroche-like one!
- Kasee Clifton Laster Maybe you could play off French folklore? Not my area of expertise, but the trickster Reynard the Fox comes to mind, or the lutin (like a Scottish brownie).
June Abernathy
African folklore contains a lot of trickster characters and trickster stories, and many of those stories were brought over with slaves and retold and re-made in the new world.
Or, giving Puck a voodoo slant would be an interesting twist, also in keeping with the New Orleans vibe.
Jane Windsor-Smith We played it that she/he was the offspring of Oberon and Titania - their are a couple of text references that make this theory fit. But there's so many possible interpretations- June Abernathy Many (most?) cultures have some kind of trickster character as part of their folklore. And whether that is a leprechaun or Reynard or Bugs Bunny, they share a lot of similarities. I think Puck is absolutely in that vein.
Ronald Auther So we are talking about "The Crescent" into the New Orleans which had more Spanish influence than French?
- Ronald Auther Cindy Rankin Couch Before 1763 then. if you are talking "French" in the sense of rule.
After 1763 it was Spanish, until 1803, and then after the Louisiana Purchase when LaFitte ran rampant in New Orleans. …See More
Jennifer Low I think you might be inspired by the handling of Puck in the 2018 film version of Midsummer directed by Casey Mott. The setting was also very specific to a state in the US.
Danielle Byington Maybe if you give him a cane and dress him like a top-hat 🎩 gentleman, that could avoid cultural appropriation of voodoo. Also, it sounds like the setting alone will carry a great deal of that culture/tone for you. Can you have mausoleums in your set design?
1- Ronald Auther So we are talking about "The Crescent" into the New Orleans which had more Spanish influence than French?
- Ronald Auther Cindy Rankin Couch Before 1763 then. if you are talking "French" in the sense of rule.
After 1763 it was Spanish, until 1803, and then after the Louisiana Purchase when LaFitte ran rampant in New Orleans.
By then, Spanish influence was deeply embedded in the New Orleans culture. which means Cuba, Haiti and Mexican culture were trading partners with New Orleans, and these cultures were also deeply embedded in New Orleans.
Criollos de Luisiana AKA Creole influence.
Even LaFitte himself was not a Fracophile, born either in Santo Domigo or Basque-France, which means even though he possessed a French surname, he operated like a Spanish pirate and privateer.
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