Stars including Hugh Bonneville, Billie Piper and Adrian Lester have backed calls for parents to use Shakespeare to help parents teach their kids during the lockdown.
The Bard's plays and characters feature in free teaching materials for English, maths, science, history, art, geography, history, music and PE by The Primary Shakespeare Company.
Downton Abbey actor Hugh, 56, said: "Now - especially now - opportunities for children to maintain their sense of creativity are essential. "The Primary Shakespeare Company has moved swiftly to adapt to the online-only world so that they can continue to inspire primary children to express themselves by exploring the plays of Shakespeare." Doctor Who star Billie, 37, added: "I struggled in school.
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