If Shakespeare wrote ‘The Big Lebowski’

By Dave Davis

Posted 16 years ago

If Jane Austen’s literary classics can withstand being mashed together with zombies and sea creatures, surely The Dude can abide revision by The Bard.

Writer Adam Bertocci has drawn inspiration from William Shakespeare and re-imagined the Coens’ cult classic THE BIG LEBOWSKI as a full five-act play, a “most excellent comedie and tragical romance” called TWO GENTLEMEN OF LEBOWSKI.

BIG LEBOWSKI fanatics who have memorized every line should definitely witness how The Knave and Sir Walter go about their carpet-seeking journey in Shakespearean verse and prose. At the very least, enacting the play should provide a fascinating new activity for the next LebowskiFest.

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