I agree Joe. The anachronisms really jar. But to be honest, Shakespeare for example is rather inaccessible to young pupils. I found it so when I was eleven and wading through Romeo and Juliet. A cartoon version or a 'lite' film of the play can get the general idea across more digestibly. I wonder how many pupils have been put off for life from reading the classics by a too-early and too-stodgy undiluted presentation? For myself, however, I can't abide modernised, updated productions. My sis has invited me up to Edinburgh in August, to go to some of the Festival productions, including the Fringe. It's exciting, but I just know (she has an avant-garde taste!) half the stuff will be raw, 21st Century adaptations. I'll have to be polite, but I shall inwardly cringe.