What does it really mean to translate Shakespeare? Clare Clark talks to seasoned translator and lifelong Shakespeare enthusiast Daniel Hahn about the complex, playful and sometimes near impossible business of carrying the Bard into other languages. Drawing on conversations with translators across the world, Hahn explores what happens when poetry, wordplay, rhythm and syntax must all be remade. Why might Hamlet become even longer in Italian? How does Romeo and Juliet begin in Thai? If all the words are changed, is it still Shakespeare? And, perhaps more importantly, is it still any good? There will be a book signing after this event. Get ahead of your Festival reading and visit the Waterstones Cheltenham Literature Festival bookshop and support Cheltenham Festivals with every purchase.

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