Episodes

  • Hamlet: Q&A (rerun)

    Hamlet: Q&A (rerun)
    Jun 17 2025
    Join Tim, Heidi, and Andrew as they answer your questions about Hamlet!

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    1 hr and 29 mins
  • Hamlet: Act V (rerun)

    Hamlet: Act V (rerun)
    Jun 13 2025
    Join Tim, Heidi, and Andrew as they discuss the concluding act to Shakespeare's masterpiece, an act in which we get the famous graveyard scene and the stage littered with bodies.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Hamlet: Act IV (rerun)

    Hamlet: Act IV (rerun)
    Jun 6 2025
    Join Tim, Heidi, and Andrew as they dig into the crucial fourth act of Hamlet. They discuss Laertes coming the fore, Ophelia's tragic demise, Claudius devious behavior, and much more.

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    1 hr and 16 mins
  • Hamlet: Act III (rerun)

    Hamlet: Act III (rerun)
    May 30 2025
    Join Tim, Heidi, and Andrew as they dive into the crucial, famous third act of Hamlet. In this episode they discuss the "to be or not to be" speech, Claudius' prayer, and Polonius death.

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    1 hr and 22 mins
  • Hamlet: Act II (rerun)

    Hamlet: Act II (rerun)
    May 23 2025
    Join Tim, Heidi, and Andrew as they dive into the drama of Hamlet, Act II! They discuss the way everyone is watching everyone else in this act, Pelonius as parent, the appearance of Rosencrans and Guildenstern, and much more.

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    1 hr and 35 mins
  • Hamlet: Act I (rerun)

    Hamlet: Act I (rerun)
    May 16 2025
    It's finally time to discuss the grandaddy of all of Shakespeare's plays! That's right, it's time for Hamlet and Tim, Heidi, and special guest Andrew Kern are ready to dig deep. In this episode they discuss why this play matters so much, the initial structure of the play, the themes and problems Act I introduces, and much more.

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Henry V: Act V (rerun)

    Henry V: Act V (rerun)
    May 9 2025

    Join Heidi and David for the conclusion of their conversation about Shakespeare's classic history play, Henry V. Conversation explores King Henry's honesty (or lack thereof) in the final scene with Princess Katherine, the role of the commoners in the play, performing Henry, and (of course) more on teaching Shakespeare.


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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • Henry V: Act IV (rerun)

    Henry V: Act IV (rerun)
    May 2 2025

    Welcome back to The Play's the Thing! Join David and Heidi as they continue their conversation about Shakespeare's legendary history play, Henry V. Conversation touches on the build-up to the battle, stage/film interpretation of Henry's famous speech, the historical context of the battle and Shakespeare's take on it, Henry finally showing some emotion, and much, much more.


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    1 hr and 13 mins