 Oberon and Puck appear on the scene and find themselves cast as—themselves.Merriment ensues at the expense of almost everybody.Angela Carter's 1991 novel 'Wise Children', which comprises a fantastical history of both 'legit' and popular theatre in the 20th C, contains an extended, fictionalised version of the making of the film, in which the main characters Dora and Nora Chance play fairies, and their more respectable relatives play human characters.