True Story Behind Grand Theft Hamlet

‘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
In 2020, British actor Sam Crane was poised to take the next step in his career when he was cast as Harry Potter in the hugely successful Harry Potter and the Cursed Child on London’s West End. Just a week of rehearsals was underway when the COVID pandemic took over in March 2020—and the job was gone before he appeared on stage.
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.
Shakespeare meets gaming in 'Grand Theft Hamlet'
During pandemic lockdowns, two actors decided to try to stage a Shakespeare play entirely inside the game Grand Theft Auto. Grand Theft Hamlet tells the story.
‘Grand Theft Hamlet’: They Staged a Shakespeare Play Inside a Violent Video Game
At this point, we’ve just about exhausted the possibilities of the “quarantine movie” following the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, but every now and then something comes along that proves there’s at least one new angle worth exploring.
'Grand Theft Hamlet' Review: There's Something Rousing in the State of San Andreas
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,
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.
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