The Hamlet Podcast

By Conor HanrattyArts

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The Hamlet Podcast episodes

February 17, 2019 Episode 73 - Lawful Espials
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene i - Claudius agrees to watch the play, and dismisses Gertrude, who has a tender moment with Ophelia.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
11 min
February 10, 2019 Episode 72 - Did He Receive You Well?
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act III, Scene i - Claudius enters, midway through interrogating Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. He's eager to find out what they've learned - but are they being entirely forthcoming?
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
10 min
February 04, 2019 Bonus Episode - Hamlet in Opera
For this bonus episode at the end of the most theatrically-minded scene of the play, we take a brief survey of various attempts to translate Shakespeare's play into the even more theatrical art of opera.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
8 min
January 20, 2019 Episode 71 - The Play's The Thing
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - Hamlet reaches the end of his soliloquy, and the scene.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
12 min
January 14, 2019 Episode 70 - Who Calls Me Villain?
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - Hamlet continues his soliloquy, comparing himself with the First Player.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
12 min
January 09, 2019 Episode 69 - What's Hecuba to him, or he to Hecuba?
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - Now that he is alone, Hamlet compares the Player's performed passion with his own real emotions.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
9 min
January 08, 2019 Bonus Episode - Kenneth Branagh
In this bonus episode, we celebrate perhaps the most influential Shakespearean actor and director working on screen today, Kenneth Branagh.
8 min
December 30, 2018 Episode 68 - See The Players Well Bestowed
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet.
Act II, Scene ii - As the First Player's speech ends, Hamlet insists that Polonius show them the best of Danish hospitality, and he is then left alone on the stage.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty.
10 min
December 23, 2018 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.
12 min
December 09, 2018 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.
11 min

About The Hamlet Podcast

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A weekly podcast now exploring Shakespeare's Othello. Every episode covers approximately 40 lines of the play - two episodes per week, until we finish sometime in 2027!