It is up to the individual school whether they do coursework or not. With CIE there is an option to take another exam in place of coursework (paper 6). For art you do not have to do coursework, but if your school decides not to you have to take 2 practical exams of 8 hours each.
For English as it is international, Shakespeare is not compulsory, my school is doing Fasting,Feasting, The great Gatsby, Death of a salesman, and selected poems .