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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

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene i - Macbeth starts to wonder how big a problem Banquo might be... Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act III, Scene i - The action moves to Forres, where Banquo voices some concerns... Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act II, Scene iv - Macduff appears, and reveals that Macbeth has been elected king of Scotland. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act II, Scene iv - Ross and an Old Man discuss the strong events that have happened during the night. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act II, Scene iii - Banquo manages the crowd while Malcolm and Donalbain wonder what to do next. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act II, Scene iii - Macbeth starts to explain himself. Lady Macbeth attempts to distract everyone. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act II, Scene iii - Macduff spreads the awful news as the castle awakens. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act II, Scene iii - Macbeth and Lennox chat before Macduff returns. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty

The Hamlet Podcast - a weekly exploration of Shakespeare's Macbeth. Act II, Scene iii - The knocking continues outside, and the Porter enters on his way to open the door. Written and presented by Conor Hanratty