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Krapp's Last Tape is a 1958 one-act play, in English, by Samuel Beckett. With a cast of one man, it was written for Northern Irish actor Patrick Magee and first titled "Magee monologue ".
- Samuel Beckett
- 1958
Learn about the dramatic devices, historical context, and themes of Beckett's play Krapp's Last Tape, which explores the solipsism, obsessions, and communication of an aging writer. The web page provides a detailed study guide, a PDF download, and a citation tool.
Krapp’s Last Tape is a one-act, one-man play by Irish avant-garde writer Samuel Beckett. It was first performed in 1958. Krapp is elderly and emotionally depressed.
Krapp’s Last Tape, one-act monodrama by Samuel Beckett, written in English, produced in 1958, and published in 1959. Krapp sits at a cluttered desk and listens to tape recordings he made decades earlier when he was in the prime of life, leaving only occasionally to imbibe liquor offstage.
- Samuel Beckett
- 1958
A one-act drama by Samuel Beckett, featuring an old man listening to a tape recording of his past self. The play explores themes of memory, time, regret and mortality through the use of language, sound and stage imagery.
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A study guide for Samuel Beckett's play Krapp's Last Tape, which depicts an old man listening to his past recordings and making a new one on his sixty-ninth birthday. Learn about the themes, characters, symbols, and quotes of this absurdist drama.
Learn about Samuel Beckett's play Krapp's Last Tape, a Theatre of the Absurd work that explores existential themes and the meaninglessness of life. Find chapter summaries, analysis, and discussion questions in this study guide.
