Vincent Kartheiser, currently whipping “Mad Men†fans into mixture of love and hate as the hairline-challenged super-creep Pete Campbell, will be soon be impersonating one of the most beloved characters in literary history: Mr. Darcy.
Mr. Kartheiser will assume the role in a rendition of “Pride and Prejudice,†adapted by Simon Reade and directed by Joe Dowling, which begins previews at Minneapolis's Guthrie Theater on July 6 and runs through Aug. 31.
Sliding on his posterior down the office stairs and being banished from his marital home may seem like a far cry from the waistcoat-ripping sexual charisma of Colin Firth in the 1995 BBC adaptation of “Pride and Prejudice.†But then Mr. Kartheiser, a Minneapolis native, made his debut on the Guthrie stage at age 7 in another distinctly un-Pete-like literary role: Tiny Tim in “A Christmas Carol.â€
