Krapp’s Last Tape

It is Krapp’s 69th birthday and, as has become his custom, he hauls out his old tape recorder, reviews one of the earlier years – in this case the recording he made when he was 39 – and makes a new recording commenting on the events of the previous twelve months. A technical tour de force and probably the most famous of Beckett’s shorter plays, Krapp’s Last Tape was indicative of the playwright’s great skill as a dramatist – and was directed by Beckett himself on several occasions.Samuel Beckett’s profound examination into the anger and regret of aging is tackled by Helen Hayes nominee and frequent performer on the Keegan stage, Brian Hemmingsen.