Stephen Rea: Krapp’s Last Tape
François Noudelmann on Samuel Beckett and Listening to What Ends
At the end of the play, the tape recorder has the last word, humanity having become nothing more than an ear.
At the end of the play, the tape recorder has the last word, humanity having become nothing more than an ear.
“You don’t hide beautiful things in closets.”
We feel his pain and isolation, the cruelty of an intolerant society, his fear of exposure.