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.

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Review: Goodnight, sweet Player One, as the Bard comes to gaming in 'Grand Theft Hamlet'

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“To be or not to be, that is the question.” The Shakespeare quote, from Hamlet, was not a reference to whether or not someone could pull off creating an entire theatrical performance within the world of a video game. And yet, in 2022, that’s exactly what happened. The documentary Grand Theft Hamlet, directed by Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls, tells the incredible true story of how a group of actors banded together to perform Hamlet in the world of G…

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The True Story Behind Grand Theft Hamlet

There are, at a minimum, and I checked, 18 bazillion adaptations of William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet.” It’s one of the most beloved and scrutinized texts in the whole of the English language. More actors than anyone can count — strike that, I guess there’ve been 18 bazillion — have put their stamp on this 425-year-old play about a prince and his revenge against his conspiring, murderous uncle. The words “to be or not to be” are emblazoned within th…

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“There Was a Fair Amount of Us All Killing Each Other”: Sam Crane and Pinny Grylls on <em>Grand Theft Hamlet</em> - Filmmaker Magazine

I just ran my list of the best documentary films of last year, and while Grand Theft Hamlet arrives too late to merit consideration for 2024, it gets the 2025 documentary race off to a flying start. The story of two struggling actors who staged a full production of Shakespeare’s Hamlet while playing the online version of Grand Theft Auto was filmed entirely within the video game, and this movie which plays at Alamo Drafthouse Denton and AMC Grap…

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<em>Grand Theft Hamlet</em>: Player Kings

I'm not sure an in-game version of Hamlet can make it playing in theaters.Here's the the times for it at Alamo Draft House coming out this week.As ripped from Drafthouse's info page  "Two out-of-work actors desperate for purpose stumble across an idea: stage Shakespeare’s Hamlet within the ultra-violent world of Grand Theft Auto Online. Shot entirely in-game, GRAND THEFT HAMLET explores their attempt to merge classical theatre with a chaotic dig…

Review: Goodnight, sweet Player One, as the Bard comes to gaming in 'Grand Theft Hamlet'

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