Krapp’s Last Tape

After listening to Waiting for Godot, I decided to listen to some of Beckett’s short monologue plays I enjoyed years ago. “Krapp's Last Tape” is about a 69 year-old man man, with his tape recorder, musing over the past and future. He both listens to memoir tapes he made when he was 39, and makes a n......more

One of the best audiotape and selections of short stories. If you haven’t read Beckett, this is a great intro. to him. If there’s a most favorite shelf, this would go on it.......more

I think Juliette Stevenson is the finest actor on the planet. This telling of 'Not I' is immense. And quite funny, if bleak makes you smile.......more

Well, Samuel Beckett. I listened to these performances whilst following along from 'The Complete Dramatic Works', published by Faber & Faber. I like doing that with poetry and, although these are 'dramatic works' there is a sense of poetry about them. It starts with Krapp's Last Tape, performed by J......more

Brilliant but not for everyone. Extraordinarily bleak. Often darkly comic. I listened to the audiobook. About 90 minutes. The monologues are: - Krapp's Last Tape. - That Time. - Not I. Read by Juliet Stevenson. This one stands out, as especially (darkly) comical. - A Piece of Monologue. I got very impa......more