| Krapp's Last Tape | |
|---|---|
 Bore Angelovski as Krapp | |
| Written by | Samuel Beckett |
| Characters | Krapp |
| Date premiered | 28 October 1958 |
| Original language | English |
| Genre | Play (theatre) |
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". It was inspired by Beckett's experience of listening to Magee reading extracts from Molloy and From an Abandoned Work on the BBC Third Programme in December 1957.[1]
It is considered to be among Beckett’s major dramas.
- ^ University of Reading Library MS 1227/7/7/1, as cited in James Knowlson, "Krapp's Last Tape: the evolution of a play" Archived 24 April 2006 at the Wayback Machine, Journal of Beckett Studies 1.1. : "The first known holograph is contained in the Été 56 notebook in Reading University Library. It is headed Magee monologue and is dated 20 February 1958."