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unusual facts about Queen Mab


Queen Mab

Queen Mab is portrayed by Miranda Richardson in the 1998 TV miniseries Merlin, serving as the prominent antagonist to the title character.


Fairy-locks

Shakespeare references such elflocks in Romeo and Juliet in Mercutio's speech of the many exploits of Queen Mab, where he seems to imply the locks are only unlucky if combed out.


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Augustus Noble Hand

The foolish judgments of Lord Eldon about one hundred years ago, proscribing the works of Byron and Southey, and the finding by the jury under a charge by Lord Denman that the publication of Shelley's "Queen Mab" was an indictable offense are a warning to all who have to determine the limits of the field within which authors may exercise themselves.

Fairy Queen

In one of the earliest of the Peter Pan novels, The Little White Bird, author J.M. Barrie also identifies Queen Mab as the name of the fairy queen, although the character is entirely benign and helpful.