Gaiman's A Midsummer Night's Dream

I found the story enjoyable. However, it was only mildly enjoyable to me. While I quite enjoyed the interplay between the faeries and the way Puck was portrayed in this story, the plot was too vague for me. The story lost a lot of its potential because the deal between Will and Shaper was never truly explained. The character of Shaper, which I was waiting to understand and connect with, also remained vague and unexplained.
The faeries get the opportunity to watch an imitation of themselves in the play. Peaseblossom is offended by his character. Puck seems to enjoy the character, but feels he is a better player of himself. He changes from the roll of observer to observed when he decides to play himself in the second act.
In the story the two worlds, real and fantasy, are separated. The fantasy invades the real when Wendel opens a rift in between the two. The faeries step into the real world and make (or try to make) some interesting changes to it. Titania wishes to take Hamnet with them, and Puck actually stays to create mischief and havoc for the humans.
In this adaptation, Shakespeare's genius plays are contributed to being taken from his own real life experiences. This offers a fine explanation of how he could come up with such fascinating works. However, I find it very difficult to believe that one man could have so many things interesting things happen to them in one lifetime.