By Chris Hastings for The Mail on Sunday
Published: 23:20 BST, 20 April 2019 | Updated: 23:20 BST, 20 April 2019
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You’d imagine the author of the Tudor saga Wolf Hall would be delighted to know schoolchildren are studying Shakespeare.
But Dame Hilary Mantel believes his plays are ‘deeply unsuitable as an exam subject for pupils’.
The writer’s surprising opinion comes amid a furious debate as tens of thousands of teenagers prepare for GCSE and A-level papers on Shakespeare this summer.
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Dame Hilary Mantel believes his plays are ‘deeply unsuitable as an exam subject for pupils’. She is the author of the Tudor saga Wolf Hall [File photo]
Academic Sir Simon Schama believes children should be studying more Shakespeare, not less.
‘There is a real
