The Hamlet Podcast
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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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The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act IV Scene ii - Albany arrives but does not give Goneril the welcome she is expecting.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act IV Scene ii - Goneril arrives back to her home, with Edmund by her side. She has plans for him...
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act IV Scene i - Gloucester asks Edgar (as Poor Tom) to lead him to Dover.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act IV Scene i - Gloucester and Edgar find each other, but it is not the recognition we might imagine.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act IV Scene i - We are back out on the heath, and Edgar appears, before Gloucester is led on by a kind Old Man.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vii - The scene concludes with more violence, but also a trace of kindness.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vii - Cornwall and Regan turn violent. A servant attempts to help Gloucester.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vii - Gloucester is brought before Regan and Cornwall, and tied up.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vii - Cornwall starts plotting Gloucester's punishment, while Goneril leaves to rejoin her husband.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vi - Gloucester comes back and hurries Lear and the others away to safety.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vi - Lear madly attempts to prosecute his daughters for the way they have treated him.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene vi - Gloucester brings the others to shelter. Edgar and the Fool vie for Lear's attention.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene v - Cornwall appears, with Edmund in tow.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iv - The scene comes to an end, not before Lear makes some more fantastical references and Edgar matches him with a famous rhyme.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iv - The Walking Fire - and its bearer - arrives. Edgar continues to perform his role as mad Poor Tom.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iv - Lear is still fascinated by Edgar, while the Fool still watches.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iv - Lear is fascinated by Edgar, while the Fool watches what is happening.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iv - Edgar appears as Poor Tom, scaring the Fool but fascinating Lear.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iv - Kent tries to get Lear to take shelter in the hovel. Lear does some remarkable soul-searching, in his anger and madness.
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear.
Act III Scene iIi - Gloucester and Edmund discuss some top-secret news, and the unnatural way Lear's family is treating him.
This episode is probably the 400th episode of The Hamlet Podcast! A huge thank you for listening. And do please stay tuned!
Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
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I'm so in love with this podcast!
These episodes are SO helpful! I was wondering if there would be an episode on hendiadys? Or if someone could give a breif explanation in their importance in hamlet?