"he arrests our attention … Jaffe's forté is in the subtle, loving way he articulates Beckett's language. And then there are his gray-blue eyes which, contrasted against the grays and browns of his costume, seem to give expression to every nuance of his character's soul. "
- CurtainUp.com
"Bob Jaffe has remained faithful to Beckett's introspective, sardonic humor. His performance matches this … his movement, especially in his arms, approaches the abstract beauty of dance …"and then you go on" provides a welcome evening with a master."
- NYtheatre.com (2002)
“a lionizing tribute to this great Irish writer, and it is inarguably a deserving one...”
- New York Times
“a tour de force solo performance piece”
- CurtainUp.com
"... his great talent, fierce energy and ability to build an internal fire that hollows himself out in service to Beckett. ... Bob Jaffe has filled the stage with his presence."
- Metroland
Best Avant Garde Work (2001 season)
"a brilliantly conceived and skillfully performed distillation of Samuel Beckett."
"Intelligence permeates ... "and then you go on". ... But the fire continues through the textual distillation and solo performance of Bob Jaffe."
- Pittsfield Gazette
“Jaffe ... brings a wry and passionate intensity to his performance, a belief in the words that brings out their consolation, a quality that many directors and actors miss.”
- Boston Globe
Best of Theater 2000
"Beckett needs to be performed smartly or not at all. How fortunate that Bob Jaffe … manages to turn the opportunity into something more like river rafting, with the actor as a fretful guide supplementing the stock spiel with artfully timed paddling and loquacious body language. … Jaffe pumps life into the words with contagious energy."
"Jaffe brilliantly captured the tragicomic double vision of the playwright"
- Providence Phoenix
It is Jaffe’s interpretation of it all that really brings it home. He rises to the demands that Beckett
makes on an actor and those demands are rigorous. Jaffe takes Beckett’s words and makes then intimate and flowing. He takes what seem to be composite memories and makes a lucid dream out of them. He makes a point of creating the off-stage, never seen character into a force to be reckoned with. He even makes the stage a character. Jaffe knows and understands his Beckett and he makes it all seem so much more straightforward than you may actually think possible. I was really impressed with Jaffe’s performance. He is top notch.
- NYtheatre.com (2011)
photo by Garlia Cornelia Jones
photo by Paula Court
photo by Paula Court
photo by Paula Court
photo by Paula Court
photo by Paula Court
