Shakespeare Forever: Special Launch Event for ‘Hogarth Shakespeare’ Edition

British Ambassador Sir Sebastian Wood greets the audience.

Staged reading of “Shylock”: Actors Samuel Finzi and Milan Peschel as Strulovitch and Shylock.

Full house at Bertelsmann: 400 years after his death, William Shakespeare is still a crowd-puller.

Stephan Schäfer, Uli Pleßmann and Larissa Fuchs present passages from “The Gap of Time”.

FLTR: Moderator Alf Mentzer and author Jeanette Winterson with Becky Hardie and Claudia Vidoni, who are responsible for the “Shakespeare retold” project in Britain and Germany.

FLTR: Presenter Alf Mentzer and author Jeanette Winterson with Becky Hardie and Claudia Vidoni, who are responsible for the “Shakespeare retold” project in Britain and Germany.

Actor Samuel Finzi and author Jeanette Winterson.

Actress Larissa Fuchs as Beatrice.

Full house at Bertelsmann: 400 years after his death, William Shakespeare is still a crowd-puller.

Staged reading of “Shylock”: Actors Samuel Finzi and Milan Peschel as Strulovitch and Shylock.

FLTR: The British Ambassador Sir Sebastian Wood ; Helen Müller, Head of Cultural Affairs at Bertelsmann; author Jeanette Winterson; ...

The British Ambassador Sir Sebastian Wood at Bertelsmann Unter den Linden 1.

The publicist Henryk M. Broder also attended the book launch.

Author Jeanette Winterson in conversation with a guest.

Larissa Fuchs and Milan Peschel bring the contemporary reinterpretation of a Shakespeare classic to life on stage.

First books in the “Hogarth Shakespeare” edition: “Shylock” by Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson and “The Gap of Time” by the renowned bestselling author Jeanette Winterson.

Jeanette Winterson, author of “The Gap of Time”.

Actor Samuel Finzi.

Dr. Wolfgang Ferchl, Publisher, Knaus Verlag, welcomes the audience.

Jeanette Winterson, author of “The Gap of Time,” in conversation with presenter Alf Mentzer.

Actors Milan Peschel and Samuel Finzi.