The Year 12 text list for English from 2026 includes four Shakespearean texts and one-third are by women

Hamlet, the English poet John Donne and 2001: A Space Odyssey have been dumped from the list of texts Year 12 English students will study in Queensland from 2026.

But the new list retains several classics, even throwing in a couple of Ancient Greek plays, and there will be even more Australian…