The Hamlet Podcast

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act IV Scene iii - Malcolm comes clean. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act IV Scene iii - Malcolm hints at just how awful he is, while Macduff tries to make a case for him to be king of Scotland regardless. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act IV Scene iii - Malcolm continues to test Macduff. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Hamlet. A full two years later than my original plan, I made it to Denmark to visit Elsinore this week. Join me as I explore some of this most famous of Shakespearean locations, and hear about some of the hilarious coincidences and characters I encounter. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act IV Scene iii - In England, Malcolm and Macduff sound each other out. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act IV Scene ii - A Messenger enters. And then some Murderers. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act IV Scene ii - Lady Macduff chats with her little son. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act IV Scene ii - We move to Fife, and meet Lady Macduff, very worried by her husband's departure. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act IV Scene i - Lennox appears, with news about Macduff. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act IV Scene i - Macbeth demands even more answers - but is horrified at what he sees... Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act IV Scene i - The Witches help three mysterious but familiar visions appear to Macbeth. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act IV Scene i - Macbeth appears, demanding answers from the Witches. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act IV Scene i - The Three Witches reappear, busy at work on a potion. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene vi - Lennox and a Lord discuss Malcolm and Macduff. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene v - Hecate appears to the Three Witches, with instructions for them. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene iv - All the guests are gone and the Macbeths are alone, very late at night. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene iv - Macbeth continues to shout at the Ghost, and Lady Macbeth has to send everyone away. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene iv - The King and Queen attempt to gloss over Macbeth's strange behaviour, while he reels at the sight of the ghost. *this is a revised version of the episode - there was a glitch and a long gap at the start; the content is the same!* Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene iv - Lady Macbeth tries to cover for Macbeth, but then he starts acting even more strangely... Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene iv - The Banquet finally begins. But Macbeth has to slip out and deal with an uninvited figure... Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene iii - The Murderers - now three of them - await their target. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene ii - Macbeth has a plan. But he isn't sharing it. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene ii - The Macbeths are both troubled - but dinner is approaching. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene i - Macbeth tasks the murderers with Banquo's assassination. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene i - Macbeth explains to the Murderers just how much harm Banquo has done to them... **Sincere apologies: in the heady flow of recording I said that Gonville and Caius College is in Oxford - it is OF COURSE in Cambridge!** Written and presented by Conor Hanratty