Grand Theft Hamlet—Documentary Screening

Wed, 23 Apr, 2025 at 07:00 pm UTC-04:00

Humanities Quadrangle, Room L02, 320 York Street, New Haven, CT | New Haven

Yale Film Archive
Publisher/HostYale Film Archive
Grand Theft Hamlet\u2014Documentary Screening
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GRAND THEFT HAMLET (Sam Crane & Pinny Grylls, 2024, DCP, 89 mins)
Look, my lord, it comes! GRAND THEFT HAMLET, the "riotously funny, unexpectedly poignant" (Jordan King) award-winner about an attempt to stage HAMLET inside GRAND THEFT AUTO ONLINE. Shot entirely in-game, GTH examines how ancient cultural narratives can still resonate in new, virtual spaces, raising questions about art, isolation, and the digital world’s potential for storytelling. "A documentary that returns Shakespeare to his rightful place at the intersection between high and low art" (David Ehrlich). Co-presented by the WHC Working Group on Video Game Studies, Yale Library, and the Yale Film Archive.
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