Peter Quince is the leader of the rude mechanicals in A Midsummer Night's Dream -- he's doing his best to put on a good play for the Duke, but of course the entire troupe is made up of men who can't act at all. I'd say the easiest equivalent is Tom Wilkinson's character Hugh Fennyman from the movie Shakespeare in Love (1998), written by Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman, and directed by John Madden. Fennyman likes to think he's in control of his theater, but he really isn't. He deals with a group of misfit actors; he's constantly trying to put them in their place (but failing) as they rehearse Romeo & Juliet. Another (more recent) comparison might be drawn between Quince and Ms. Darbus from the High School Musical films. She's always very on edge around her students, trying to create the best possible performance out of something that will always be an amateur production. Her anxiety (superficial as it is) is actually quite funny to watch.
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