If you have not heard of William Shakespeare, the fault can be sited neatly at the feet of either the Exam Boards, who have curtailed his appearances on Literature papers over the last 40 years, or the BBC.
It is difficult to know which is the more at fault.
In a refreshing spirit of anti-elitism the exam boards have tended to display writers for study who have few credentials in the various fields of literary merit but who are either gutter-mouthed or committed to 'a sound socialist philosophy'.
Thus ends for literally millions of pupils, a connection to our literary heritage. If it were just Bill Shakespeare ....As for The Beeb, would it really be too much to ask for one Shakespeare play a month? - If funding be the problem - turn this into a virtue by paying a small sum to amateur theatrical companies to film their performances. There is much which is truly excellent to be found amongst those who act for the love rather than for the cash.
