An entirely new plot element in a Shakespeare text?

The story turns on a dispute between Oberon, the manipulative king of the fairies, and Tytania, his willful wife, over the guardianship of a changeling boy. Oberon badly wants that boy as his henchman. But Tytania, who has seen the brutal way her husband sometimes bullies Puck, does not want him near the child…

The seasons alter indeed when not only stage directors but now critics invent drama out of whole cloth.