Helen Mirren Says Kids Should Watch Shakespeare Instead Of Reading It

Oscar winning actress Helen Mirren has revealed that she believes that school children should not be forced to read the works of William Shakespeare in school. Nope. They should be forced to WATCH Shakespeare instead. Mirren was talking on ITV’s Daybreak show… “Honestly, I don’t think kids should be made to read Shakespeare at all,” I think children’s very first experience of Shakespeare should always be in performance, in the theatre, or on film. Mostly in theatre, but it should be a performance because that makes it alive and real. The great thing about doing Shakespeare is that on film,…