Grand Theft Hamlet Score Details Pros Wonderful supporting cast In-game shots feel natural Communal power of theater and games Cons Lacks focus Not enough of the actual play High vs.
low art debate Table of Contents Anyone can act Reality and fiction blend Lack of intent All the world’s a stage There is a reason the plays of William Shakespeare continue to hold such cultural currency over 400 years after the writer’s death.
His stories — stretched across histories, comedies, and tragedies — are achingly relatable portrayals of the human experience in all its facets.
It is why Romeo and Juliet can work as a musical in 50’s New York or Macbeth can be transported to feudal Japan. Shakespeare is timeless.
So who’s to say it wouldn’t work inside of a video game? Recommended Videos That’s exactly the premise of Grand Theft Hamlet, a documentary that chronicles two actors’ tumultuous attempt during the Covid-19 pandemic to stage the bard’s famous tragedy entirely within Rockstar’s multiplayer sandbox,Grand Theft Auto Online.