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!
Episodes
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Jan 4, 2022 • 14min
Bonus Episode: Hamlet on Screen
Bonus Episode: Hamlet on Screen by Conor Hanratty

Jan 4, 2022 • 14min
Bonus Episode: Playing Hamlet
Bonus Episode: Playing Hamlet by Conor Hanratty

Jan 2, 2022 • 13min
Bonus Episode: Sir John Gielgud
Bonus Episode: Sir John Gielgud by Conor Hanratty

Jul 11, 2021 • 13min
Episode 182 - With Sorrow I Embrace My Fortune
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act V, Scene ii - Horatio and Fortinbras speak, and determine what must happen next. We have reached the end of the play, and the end of our journey together.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

Jul 4, 2021 • 11min
Episode 181 - Goodnight, Sweet Prince
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act V, Scene ii - Hamlet dies, just as Fortinbras and the ambassadors return.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

Jun 27, 2021 • 11min
Episode 180 - Let It Be
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act V, Scene ii - Hamlet knows the end is close, and so he speaks with Horatio.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

Jun 13, 2021 • 13min
Episode 179 - Follow My Mother
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act V, Scene ii - In the aftermath of his mother's death, Hamlet acts.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

Jun 6, 2021 • 10min
Episode 178 - The Drink! The Drink!
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act V, Scene ii - Hamlet and Laertes fight again. Gertrude falls.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

May 30, 2021 • 9min
Episode 177 - A Very Palpable Hit.
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act V, Scene ii - Hamlet and Laertes fight. Hamlet seems to be the stronger swordsman.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

May 23, 2021 • 11min
Episode 176 - Now The King Drinks To Hamlet
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act V, Scene ii - Claudius addresses the room before the duel begins.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty


