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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Mar 29, 2020 • 7min
Episode 121 - Greet the Danish King
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act IV, Scene iv - Fortinbras enters with his army, as they pass through Denmark. Hamlet encounters one of his captains, and asks where they are going.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Mar 15, 2020 • 10min
Episode 120 - The Present Death of Hamlet
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act IV, Scene iii - Claudius announces the real reason he's eager to get Hamlet on the boat for England.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Mar 8, 2020 • 10min
Episode 119 - For England!
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act IV, Scene iii - Hamlet finally tells Claudius where to find Polonius' body. Claudius then tells Hamlet that he must leave for England.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Mar 1, 2020 • 10min
Episode 118 - We Fat Ourselves for Maggots
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act IV, Scene iii - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern bring Hamlet to Claudius, who himself attempts to get answers about Polonius' body.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Feb 16, 2020 • 10min
Episode 117 - Hide fox, and all after
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act IV, Scene ii - Rosencrantz and Guildenstern find Hamlet and attempt to locate Polonius' body.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Feb 2, 2020 • 9min
Episode 116 - We Will Ship Him Hence
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act IV, Scene i - Claudius discusses his plans for Hamlet.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jan 26, 2020 • 9min
Episode 115 - This Mad Young Man
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act IV, Scene i - Claudius wonders where Hamlet is and what he might be doing.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jan 13, 2020 • 8min
Episode 114 - Hoist With His Own Petard
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iv - Hamlet bids his mother goodnight.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jan 5, 2020 • 11min
Episode 113 - I Must Be Cruel only to be Kind
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iv - Hamlet encourages Gertrude not to share his secrets with Claudius.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Dec 22, 2019 • 8min
Episode 112 - That Monster, Custom
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iv - Hamlet now tries to convince Gertrude not to spend the night with Claudius, and that she can break her habits.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
