Episode 814: Shakespeare in Translation with Daniel Hahn

In Episode 814, Jacke talks to writer, editor, and translator Daniel Hahn (If This Be Magic: The Unlikely Art of Shakespeare in Translation), about his encounters with writers and actors who've engaged with Shakespeare's work in more than a hundred different languages.

Also in this episode, Shakespeare scholar Indira Ghose (Shakespeare in Jest) stops by to discuss her choice for the last book she will ever read. For more about Ghose's books on Shakespeare, check out her other conversations with Jacke. In Episode 800, they talk about Shakespeare and humor, while in Episode 770, they discuss her book, A Defence of Pretence: Civility and the Theatre in Early Modern England.

For more about Shakespeare, take a listen to Jacke's conversations with Professor David Womersley, author of Thinking Through Shakespeare in Episode 798.5. Or search back into the archives for Episode 519, in which Jacke talks with Shakespeare scholar and First Folio expert Emma Smith (This is Shakespeare) about the origins, importance, status, and legacy of this essential work, which celebrated its 400th birthday in 2023.