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To answer the original question: NO.
As soon as you force any student to read a book that he doesn't want to read, you're missing the mark. Maybe the teacher should have made a copy of the actual book available for those that did get curious, but that's it.
In my idea, the fact that a classical play was discussed and made a subject for an assignment is a good thing. It will make the student curious and he'll start to read more about it. If he doesn't, he probably wouldn't have done so in the first place. But if you force a book, as a matter of fact, a book they probably have trouble reading in the first place, especially if you do take the "original" language, they'll most likely all lose interest.
When I went to school, we had to read several books of the different periods in the Dutch language. In the original language (from Middle Dutch to modern Dutch). I hated it. And I absolutely adore reading. Only when I had a choice of what books I read (for English), I had fun reading as school assignment.
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