Severance does not shy away from its layered stories, and its many symbolisms from Greek mythology may spell out many ...

Fourteen young Athenians are being selected for the journey to Crete. Theseus - son of King Aegeus - is determined to be one of them. Theseus persuades his father to allow him to go to Crete ...

Theseus and Hippolyta find the lovers, and they all go back to Athens to marry: Demetrius and Helena, and Lysander and Hermia. Shakespeare isn't in there specifically, but some of the characters are.