'Hamlet' revision podcast 4: the first soliloquy

Our 29th podcast is the fourth in a series looking at the play Hamlet leading up to the Leaving Certificate next month, and is a close examination of Hamlet's first soliloquy, 'O that this too too solid flesh...', putting the speech in its context and looking at how it expresses the character's deepest feelings about his mother.

At the bottom of this post is our Wordle slideshow of the soliloquies, with performances by famous actors, including Kenneth Branagh delivering this first one. More Hamlet resources are here.

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'Hamlet' revision podcast 3: the first scene

The first two podcasts in our annual Shakespeare revision series prior to the Leaving Certificate exams gathered together individual short talks on 10 characters in Hamlet - the first one was on 1) Fortinbras, 2) Horatio, 3) Laertes, 4) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, 5) Polonius; the second on 7) Ophelia, 8) The Player King, 9) Osric, 10) The First Gravedigger.

This podcast, our 28th overall, deals with the first scene in the play, a scene which sets a mood of uncertainty, and one which prefigures central themes of the play, such as the disruption of the natural order and revenge. 

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4 more 'Hamlet' audioboos

Our 27th podcast gathers together the final four short 'audioboos' from our series 10 Characters from Hamlet, which deal with these characters: 7) Ophelia, 8) The Player King, 9) Osric, 10) The First Gravedigger. Click here for the first six characters - Horatio, Laertes, Fortinbras, Polonius, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern.

The series looks at the 'lesser' characters in the play, in five-minute chunks. Note that there is a brief gap between each talk.

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You can also listen to this podcast via the player on each post, or the 'widget' on the sidebar to the right, or by visiting our podcast page here (if you have iTunes on your computer you can also subscribe by clicking here, and so download our episodes to your MP3 player, or by searching for 'SCC English' in the iTunes Store).

5 'Hamlet' Audioboos

This podcast gathers together the first five short 'audioboos' from our series 10 Characters in 'Hamlet', which deal with six characters: 1) Fortinbras, 2) Horatio, 3) Laertes, 4) Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, 5) Polonius. Another podcast will put together the remaining four when complete.

The series looks at the 'lesser' characters in the play, in five-minute chunks. Note that there is a brief gap between each talk. Listen via the player below:-
       

   
   
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You can also listen to this podcast via the player on each post, or the 'widget' on the sidebar to the right, or by visiting our podcast page here (if you have iTunes on your computer you can also subscribe by clicking here, and so download our episodes to your MP3 player, or by searching for 'SCC English' in the iTunes Store).