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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Dec 23, 2018 • 12min
Episode 67 - The Mobled Queen
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - The First Player describes Priam's widow Hecuba.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Dec 9, 2018 • 11min
Episode 66 - The Unnerved Father Falls
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - The First Player performs Aeneas' tale to Dido.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Dec 2, 2018 • 11min
Episode 65 - The Hyrcanian Beast
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - Hamlet selects a speech for the Players to perform.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Nov 25, 2018 • 10min
Episode 64 - Enter The Players
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - The Players arrive at last, and Hamlet greets them with great enthusiasm.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Nov 18, 2018 • 12min
Episode 63 - Jephthah, Judge of Israel
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - Hamlet mocks Polonius with a fascinating Biblical reference.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Nov 11, 2018 • 10min
Episode 62 - The Best Actors in the World
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - Polonius describes the actors, right before they arrive.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Nov 4, 2018 • 10min
Episode 61 - I Know a Hawk from a Handsaw
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - Hamlet lets Rosencrantz and Guildenstern know that he's on to them.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Oct 28, 2018 • 11min
Episode 60 - An Eyrie of Children
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - Another extra piece of text omitted from the Quarto, for a variety of dramatic reasons.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Oct 21, 2018 • 11min
Episode 59 - The Tragedians of the City
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - Rosencrantz has surprise news for Hamlet.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
Oct 14, 2018 • 11min
Episode 58 - Quintessence of Dust
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - Hamlet explains his melancholy to his "friends".
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
