Biker Dudes + Shakespeare = Motorcycle Macbeth!
Every year thousands of motorcyclists descend upon Sturgis, South Dakota to “get together, get naked, party, and get drunk,” according to the gentleman from this video clip. As we all know, those elements are time-honored traditions, and so is Shakespeare. But, who knew biker poetry was actually a thing?
We give you: “Motorcycle Macbeth,” presented by the Bird Cage Theatrics Company. This insanely odd mobile Macbeth production is biker themed and looks somewhat similar to a WWE event, than what might be described as a typical Shakespearean production. And by that I mean that there are bloody guys dumping beer cans on stage!
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“The show’s producers admit to having a rough go of it the first couple of days when bikers who just wanted a night out drinking were assaulted by Shakespearian prose,” MEL Films writes in their video description.
In case you didn’t get the chance to read it in high school, Macbeth has a whole lot of murder in it. Thankfully nobody was actually stabbed during the making of this production. I applaud Sturgis for trying something new and a little less mainstream than we would see see from biker dudes in skull t-shirts.
Would you watch Motorcycle Macbeth?
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