literary interpretation

I really like the plot of A Midsummer Night's Dream, but Neil Gaiman's version was a bit too chaotic for me to follow easily. When I first started reading this piece I was thrown off when Shakespeare bounded into the panels. I had to reread that to understand he was going to be a part of this as well.
I'm not a fan of the graphics. They are done exceptionally well, but there are just subtleties that bother me...such as the nose of a character (mostly Titiana) would be drawn so sharp, and can't help but think of her as mean... when in the other version I thought she was noble and stubborn. Now I see her as kind of snotty.
The idea of being unsure who the audience is makes me wonder. Take that twisted idea and put it into reality. Who is watching who? And who is acting for who? EVERYONE! Well, I'm not trying to put paranoid thoughts into your head, but think about it. At some point, whether we like it or not, someone will watch us... not in a creepy way, but in a general sense. A stranger on the street, a parent, etc. And we all change ourselves even a little bit to fit in...even if we claim we're individuals.
Puck and Oberon were the main audience in my opinion (besides ourselves). They witness the mischief they have sown in both the lovers and with Titiana and Bottom. But how could we not be the overall audience when we watch Oberon and Puck as well as everything else?? It's slightly twisted because then you can think about Shakespeare's role. He wrote the play, did he not? He had to have known what people's reactions would have been... and the observation of people in general would have given him insight on what to write and how to write it.
I would need to learn more about Shakespeare to know if what was written was actually fact... until then I'll just assume that it was based on actual events (such as the death of his son).