A new documentary transforms the ultraviolent world of “GTA Online” into an absurd and profound Shakespearean stage.

The film captures two players staging the classic within an online video game, raising fascinating questions about community and connection.

However, Grand Theft Hamlet explores this unique combination of past and present while revealing new and unexpected narrative layers at every turn. The animated documentary follows two actors’ ill-advised attempts to stage a full-length production of Hamlet in a video game world;