The Hamlet Podcast
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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- Sep 27, 2026
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Othello | Act Two, Scene One (opens the original)
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The Hamlet Podcast - now bringing you a twice weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Othello. Act Two, Scene One: we arrive in Cyprus, and meet the governor Montano as he and some fellow soldiers observe a wild storm at sea. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Bonus Episode: Cyprus (opens the original)
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Before we begin Act Two or land on the shores of Cyprus, here is a bonus episode talking about how Shakespeare may (and may not) have imagined the island.
Othello | Act One, Scene Three (x) (opens the original)
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The Hamlet Podcast - now bringing you a twice weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Othello. Act One, Scene Three | In this last episode covering this scene, Iago switches back into verse and (for the first time in the play) he speaks a soliloquy directly to us in the audience. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
Bonus Episode: Horace and the Five Act Structure (opens the original)
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In answer to the recent competition, here's a bonus episode discussing how Shakespeare's plays came to be divided into the five act structure that has come down to us. A mystery solved!
Othello | Act One, Scene Three (ix) (opens the original)
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The Hamlet Podcast - now bringing you a twice weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Othello. Act One, Scene Three | Iago gives Roderigo some very serious advice. And even more explicit instructions. Put money in thy purse... Written and presented by Conor Hanratty
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