
Bartleby the Scrivener
after Herman Melville
by R. L. Lane
directed by Richard Cotovsky
Mary-Arrchie Theatre Co.
2009
“Smith plays Bartleby with an eerie stillness, like a scrivening Buster Keaton.”
“Kevin V. Smith was brilliant as the restrained Bartleby. Smith stands still with a frozen expression for minutes at a time in one of the most disciplined performances I’ve witnessed in many a year.”
“Kevin V. Smith gives [Bartleby] the right placid exterior.”
“Kevin V. Smith is perfectly freakish as Bartleby. Unwavering in his oddity, he embodies the startling strangeness of this pathetic character with complete conviction and believability.”
Photos Kirstie Shanley; Carlo Lorenzo Garcia