Dream Country

I haven't read any graphic novels outside this class, so I'm unsure if many others have taken Shakespeare on, and how they compare to the original.  Anyway, from what I've seen/read so far in Dream Country, Gaiman is sort of faithful to A Midsummer Night's Dream.  Right away, however, we see something I don't remember in the play, with Oberon and Titania meeting with a "shaper" who has "arranged" the story.  Another thing I found interesting following this is that the events of A Midsummer Night's Dream are actually acted out as a play by the characters.  This is about as far as I've gotten so far, but I find this very peculiar.