The Hamlet Podcast

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...!

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene iv - Kent enters in disguise, followed by Lear. Kent begs for a job. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene iii - Goneril is losing temper with her father and his hundred knights. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene ii - Edmund sends Edgar into hiding, and then hints at his true plans. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene ii - Edgar arrives, and Edmund tells him how much trouble he's in. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene ii - Edmund mocks his father and hints about what he will do next. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene ii - Gloucester agrees to Edmund's plan and laments the state of the world. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene ii - Gloucester responds to the letter, but Edmund has a plan to suggest... Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene ii - Gloucester reads the letter that Edmund has been trying to hide. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene ii - Gloucester appears, and tries to get a look at the letter that Edmund is trying to hide. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene ii - Edmund, alone, has a very different view of heredity and tradition... Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene i - Cordelia, Regan and Goneril are left on stage to end this first scene of the play. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene i - Cordelia makes a last attempt to speak to her father. And while she loses a parent, she gains a husband. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene i - Burgundy and France appear, and Lear explains Cordelia's new dowry. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene i - Lear responds to Kent with an awful proclamation. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene i - Kent attempts to speak up, but Lear shoots him down. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene i - Cordelia gives a shocking answer to Lear's contest. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's King Lear. Act I Scene i - Goneril and Regan make their protestations of love. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty