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
Mentioned books
May 30, 2020 • 19min
Book Club 05 - The Comedy of Errors
Book Club 05 - The Comedy of Errors by Conor Hanratty
May 28, 2020 • 9min
The Basics - Episode 06 (Alliteration)
Good things come in threes, and so after Antithesis and Apposition, it only makes sense that this week's episode is all about Alliteration. (There's even a tongue-twister from Messrs. Gilbert and Sullivan included for good measure!)
May 26, 2020 • 10min
Bonus Episode - Anew McMaster
This bonus episode celebrates the Irish actor-manager Anew McMaster (1891-1962). A real-life player king, he brought Shakespeare to generations of Irish audiences, literally all over the country.
May 24, 2020 • 11min
Episode 128 - You Promised Me To Wed
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act IV, Scene v - Ophelia finishes her song and leaves the room.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
May 23, 2020 • 17min
Book Club 04 - Titus Andronicus
Book Club 04 - Titus Andronicus by Conor Hanratty
May 21, 2020 • 12min
The Basics - Episode 05 (Apposition)
Again, don't be put off by the technical term! More juxtaposition this week - this time whole phrases that build up an idea. As well as an example from Hamlet, Richard III makes a guest appearance with one of the greatest soliloquies in all of Shakespeare.
May 17, 2020 • 12min
Episode 127 - The Owl Was a Baker's Daughter
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act IV, Scene v - Claudius enters, and we get a sense of what is on Ophelia's mind.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
May 16, 2020 • 21min
Book Club 03 - The Taming of the Shrew
Book Club 03 - The Taming of the Shrew by Conor Hanratty
May 14, 2020 • 10min
The Basics - Episode 04 (Antithesis)
Don't be put off by the technical term! This episode unpacks one of the key building blocks of Shakespeare's language: antithesis, or the setting up of opposite ideas. For good measure, we discuss juxtaposition and paradox too. (Your scrabble score will skyrocket after this!)
May 10, 2020 • 9min
Episode 126 - Alas, sweet lady, what imports this song?
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act IV, Scene v - Ophelia enters, and behaves in a most peculiar way.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
