In ‘Grand Theft Hamlet,’ Playing’s Thing

‘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.
'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,
Grand Theft Hamlet
Grand Theft Hamlet” is a pointed, entertaining and moving examination of interdisciplinary conductivity at its most surprising.
‘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.
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.
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
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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HAMLET Comes to Danse Danse Next Month
Theater maker and director Robert Lepage and principal dancer and choreographer Guillaume Côté now tackle a monument of ...
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Ensemble Theatre Company Brings ‘Hamlet’ Into the 21st Century
Corey Jones, Paige Lindsey White, Will Block and Ana Nicolle Chavez star in Ensemble Theatre Company's production of 'Hamlet.
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The True Story Behind Grand Theft Hamlet
The play lasted just over two hours and 50 minutes ... the experience of performing Hamlet in Grand Theft Auto Online was a lesson in perseverance. “In the game you get shot and people ...