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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Aug 4, 2024 • 15min
King Lear | Episode 29 - Let Me Not Be Mad
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act I Scene v - Lear and the Fool prepare for their journey. But will it be to Gloucester or to Cornwall?
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jul 28, 2024 • 10min
King Lear | Episode 28 - A Hundred Knights!
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act I Scene iv - Goneril and Albany regroup and end the scene..
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jul 21, 2024 • 12min
King Lear | Episode 27 - Hot Tears
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act I Scene iv - Lear storms back in, furious at yet another insult.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jul 14, 2024 • 15min
King Lear | Episode 26 - Ingratitude
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act I Scene iv - Lear answers Goneril's claims with a shocking curse.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jul 7, 2024 • 22min
King Lear | Episode 25 - Are You Our Daughter?
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act I Scene iv - Goneril appears, thoroughly enraged at her father and his retinue.
Bumper episode this week, since I wasn't able to record one last time. I hope you enjoy it!
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jun 23, 2024 • 13min
King Lear | Episode 24 - Thy Bald Crown
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act I Scene iv - The Fool explains his egg story and continues to question Lear's actions.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jun 16, 2024 • 14min
King Lear | Episode 23 - Two Crowns
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act I Scene iv - The Fool continues to mock Lear and question what he's done.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jun 9, 2024 • 17min
King Lear | Episode 22 - Enter Fool
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act I Scene iv - The Fool appears, telling barbed truths and singing a song to entertain the king.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Jun 2, 2024 • 8min
King Lear | Episode 21 - Base Football Player
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act I Scene iv - Lear and Oswald trade insults.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
May 27, 2024 • 13min
King Lear | Episode 20 - I Think The World's Asleep (Repaired)
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act I Scene iv - Lear wants to know why nobody is paying attention to him.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
*** Sincere apologies - something went rather wrong with the mastering of this track when I first uploaded it. I've corrected it now. I hope you enjoy it now that you can hear the whole thing...!
