Ngomsebenzi wakhe uHelen Mirven wenza abalinganiswa abaninzi abakhanyayo be-Shakespeare. Ungene kwi-Royal Shakepeare Traupe ngo-20 kwaye ke, kwasebuncinaneni, wayesazi phesheya. Umdlali weqonga uyaqiniseka ukuba akafanele afundwe esikolweni.
Ngokutsho koMirren, "Buby" Shakespeare's Drama, xa umfundi okuphela kweminyaka eli-11 okanye eli-12 kuphela ubudala osisiyatha, kuba irhoxisa umfundi kuncwadi oluhle. Andicingi ukuba uShakespeare kufuneka afunde ezikolweni. Bonke abantu abaselula kufuneka babone iShakespeare njengemidlalo yeqonga ephilayo, "yaphendula i-Ortor yeqonga leminxeba enodliwano-ndlebe nobugcisa be-Rsk Grery Gregory durary. Ucacisile ukuba yayikukujonga umdlalo onokubangela inzala emsebenzini kaShakespeare ezingqondweni ezincinci, ngakumbi kuba eyona ndawo iya kuba lula ukuba inyanwe lize ngexesha lethu lolwimi lwethu.
Kwakhona, minciva waphawula ukuba uyakholiswa yinyani yokuba ukutshintshwa kwesini kusenokwenzeka ngoku eShakespeare. Ngenxa yoko, amaGcisa angadlala iindima ezingamadoda, njengoko wenzayo noHelen ngokwakho kwinqaku elithi "Storus" ngo-2010, apho i-phedpetro idlalile. "Ndonwabile ukuba abafazi banokuyenza lelitye, Richard III, uIra," inkwenkwezi yaqaphela, ekhumbula loo nto de kwayiminyaka engama-70.
Nangona kunjalo, ayingabo bonke abantu abasandisayo bahlule ulwazi ngoMirren ukuba basuse iShakespeare kwiNkqubo yeSikolo. Ke, Maggie O'farrell nxamnye neklasiki eyaboniswa kuphela kwindawo yemidlalo yeqonga. "Ndichasene nayo ngaphandle kwekharityhulamu: Umsebenzi wakhe ngumceli mngeni kubantwana banamhlanje, kodwa awunakujongela phantsi," umbhali waphendula waphendula. Ukongeza ukuba uShakespeare ufanele abe yinxalenye yedayithi yolwimi lomntu ngamnye.