do you ever think about how in the 19th century oberon as a part was primarily played by women. these guys (the victorians etc) got to experience lesbian fairy divorce every time they saw it performed
Some example images
Madam Vestris as Oberon, Covent Garden Theatre, 1839-42 // Julia Harland and Miss Conquest as Oberon and Puck, Grecian Theatre, London, 1851
Lizzie Weston as Oberon, New York, 1855 // Maria Anderson as Puck, Anna Johansson as Titania, Marie Petipa as Oberon, Timofei Stukolkin as Bottom and Natalia Matveyevna as the Robin in a 1889 production of the ballet adaption
Costume design for Oberon (left) and Miss Alice Hood as Oberon (right) in Augustin Daly’s 1888 production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream