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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Oct 13, 2019 • 11min
Episode 103 - Words Without Thoughts
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iii - Hamlet wonders if now might be a good time to murder Claudius, as he finds him at prayer.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Oct 6, 2019 • 9min
Episode 102 - The Wicked Prize
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iii - Claudius wrestles with his conscience - can he pray for forgiveness but keep everything he achieved through murder?
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Sep 29, 2019 • 10min
Episode 101 - A Brother's Murder
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iii - Alone with his thoughts, Claudius attempts to pray. But does he even feel guilty?
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Sep 22, 2019 • 7min
Episode 100 - Behind the Arras
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iii - Polonius enters, with yet another plan to spy on Hamlet.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Sep 15, 2019 • 9min
Episode 99 - Never Alone Did the King Sigh
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene iii - Scene 3 of the act begins with Claudius giving instructions to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. When he can get a word in...
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Sep 1, 2019 • 10min
Episode 98 - The Soul of Nero
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene ii - Polonius encourages Hamlet to go to his mother, while Hamlet wrestles with some frightening ideas as the scene ends.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Aug 25, 2019 • 9min
Episode 97 - As Easy As Lying
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene ii - Hamlet catches out Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as he tries to get them to tell the truth..
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Aug 18, 2019 • 10min
Episode 96 - Pickers and Stealers
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene ii - Hamlet runs rings around Rosencrantz and Guildenstern as they try to manage him.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Aug 11, 2019 • 7min
Episode 95 - Far More Choler
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene ii - Guildenstern and Rosencrantz come back, presumably sent by Claudius to speak with Hamlet.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Aug 4, 2019 • 13min
Episode 94 - Let the Stricken Deer go Weep
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene ii - The play gets too intense for Claudius, and he storms out, leaving Hamlet and Horatio to discuss his reaction.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
