Gaiman vs. Shakespeare

As I finished reading both Gaiman and Shakespeare's text, I saw a lot of differences including how they are written, the plots of the story, and the interpretation of the text.

In my personal opinion, I liked reading Shakespeare's text better because it was the classic one, and it was more romantically themed! In Gaiman's text, I liked how there were pictures that illustrate what is going on in the story. However, I think that there were two stories going on at once. For example, how the "Will Shakspear" is confronted by the mysterious lord that bribes him gold for two plays to have his debts payed (Gaiman, 64) then all of a sudden the play will take place. The other part that confused me about Gaiman's text were all the fairies and monsters attending the play (Gaiman, 70)...what were they doing there and why?
The graphics are great though, and they were cool to look at. I think they are both really good texts, but I liked the original better.