In ‘Grand Theft Hamlet,’ Playing’s Thing

Goodnight, sweet Player One: Bard goes gaming in 'Grand Theft Hamlet'
To be an artist, or not to be? That is the question of "Grand Theft Hamlet," a guns-blazingly funny documentary about two out-of-work British actors who spent a chunk of their COVID-19 lockdown staging Shakespeare's masterpiece on the mean streets of "Grand Theft Auto V.
Grand Theft Hamlet’s creators put Shakespeare in GTA to put chaos back into Shakespeare
How three out-of-work friends spent COVID staging a tragedy inside a comedy in GTA Online — and made a doc about it
‘Grand Theft Hamlet’: The (Game) Play’s the Thing
The film captures two players staging the classic within an online video game, raising fascinating questions about community and connection.
The True Story Behind Grand Theft Hamlet
How a group of actors banded together to perform Hamlet in the world of Grand Theft Auto Online
‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ Review: There’s Something Rousing in the State of San Andreas
A new documentary transforms the ultraviolent world of “GTA Online” into an absurd and profound Shakespearean stage.
Grand Theft Hamlet
Grand Theft Hamlet” is a pointed, entertaining and moving examination of interdisciplinary conductivity at its most surprising.
‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ review: 'Grand Theft Auto' meets Shakespeare in hilarious, moving doc
However, Grand Theft Hamlet explores this unique combination of past and present while revealing new and unexpected narrative layers at every turn. The animated documentary follows two actors’ ill-advised attempts to stage a full-length production of Hamlet in a video game world;
Review: Goodnight, sweet Player One, as the Bard comes to gaming in ‘Grand Theft Hamlet’
Faced with COVID lockdown, two out-of-work actors reach for Shakespeare in an experimental documentary that creates art on the mean streets of GTA's Los Santos.
Review: In ‘Grand Theft Hamlet,’ Playing’s the Thing
The Village Voice review of "Grand Theft Hamlet" notes that this hybrid RPG/movie plunges Shakespeare into an uncanny realm.
‘Grand Theft Hamlet’ Stages Shakespeare in a Land of Shootouts
During a pandemic lockdown, out-of-work actors turned to the video game Grand Theft Auto Online, where a tortured soliloquy may be interrupted by a rocket launcher.
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How 'Grand Theft Hamlet' evolved from lockdown escape to Shakespearean success
Some of us staged an immersive, independent, multi-location production of Shakespeare's Hamlet within the world of Grand Theft Auto Online. The latter is exactly what filmmakers Pinny Grylls ...
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“There Was a Fair Amount of Us All Killing Each Other”: Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls on Grand Theft Hamlet
Grand Theft Hamlet opens today in theaters from MUBI. Filmmaker: What was your initial pitch to the BFI Doc Society, which ...