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Krappās Last Tape
play by Beckett
Krappās 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. To Krapp, the voice in the recorded diary is that of a naive and foolish stranger. Although he comments savagely on the young Krappās hope and idealism, he is drawn to the recorded voice of his younger, more hopeful self.
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