The Hamlet Podcast
Conor Hanratty
A weekly podcast now exploring Shakespeare's Macbeth. Every episode covers approximately 30 lines of the play - week by week, until we finish sometime in 2023!
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Aug 17, 2025 • 14min
King Lear | Episode 76 - There Is A Cliff
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act IV Scene i - Gloucester asks Edgar (as Poor Tom) to lead him to Dover.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Aug 10, 2025 • 9min
King Lear | Episode 75 - Wanton Boys
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act IV Scene i - Gloucester and Edgar find each other, but it is not the recognition we might imagine.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Aug 3, 2025 • 10min
King Lear | Episode 74 - I Have No Way
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act IV Scene i - We are back out on the heath, and Edgar appears, before Gloucester is led on by a kind Old Man.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jul 27, 2025 • 10min
King Lear | Episode 73 - Let Him Smell His Way to Dover
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vii - The scene concludes with more violence, but also a trace of kindness.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jul 20, 2025 • 12min
King Lear | Episode 72 - Thy Cruel Nails
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vii - Cornwall and Regan turn violent. A servant attempts to help Gloucester.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jul 13, 2025 • 10min
King Lear | Episode 71 - Such A Traitor
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vii - Gloucester is brought before Regan and Cornwall, and tied up.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jul 6, 2025 • 12min
King Lear | Episode 70 - Pluck Out His Eyes
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vii - Cornwall starts plotting Gloucester's punishment, while Goneril leaves to rejoin her husband.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jun 29, 2025 • 14min
King Lear | Episode 69 - A Plot of Death
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vi - Gloucester comes back and hurries Lear and the others away to safety.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jun 15, 2025 • 22min
King Lear | Episode 68 - My Tears Begin
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vi - Lear madly attempts to prosecute his daughters for the way they have treated him.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jun 8, 2025 • 14min
King Lear | Episode 67 - The Lake of Darkness
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vi - Gloucester brings the others to shelter. Edgar and the Fool vie for Lear's attention.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
