In Our Time (radio series)

Hamlet, first broadcast December 28, 2017 Shakespeare's best known, most quoted and longest play, with three Shakespeare scholars, Jonathan Bate, Carol Rutter and Sonia Massai, who manage to say something fresh about it. They follow the prince who reveals his inner self to the audience while hiding his thoughts from the Danish court, and explain why the title part has become the defining role for actors, men and women alike, who want to prove their mastery of Shakespeare. Start here if you know the play from school and wonder what the fuss is about.