I love ‘Shakespeare’ - his works, that is!

I had heard, about the playwright before I began my

secondary school education, but it wasn’t until I

had been enrolled and started my first term at ‘Garratt Green’

that I really began to study him.

I think, that I would have missed out a lot, had I not have

attended school as they based the curriculum (for the first 3 years,

of attendance), around Shakespeare – (the ‘English’ lesson and

Drama class etc.).

Most, English schools have had a few lessons about him – and,

perhaps the ‘Welsh, Scottish and Irish’ ones too – not absolutely

sure . . . (!) Now, our ‘Education’ department have decided to

‘drop’ Shakespeare from it’s teaching syllabus! Why? I haven’t

got the ‘foggiest’!!

Anyway, I receive a ‘newsletter’ every so often, from the R.S.C. who

keep me up to date with what’s going on and so forth and in the

last one, they thanked me about ‘something’ and also asked if

I would put this ‘link’ in to try and get some extra signatures on

a petition they intend to give to the Minister of Education.

This is the link, if anyone wants to add to it:

www.rcs.org.uk/standupforshakespeare.

Just imagine, if we had never had Hamlet, Anthony and Cleopatra,

A Mid Summer Nights Dream and Henry5th . . . etc.!