Krapp’s Last Tape

Summary

BBC production of Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett.

Theatre play

Krapp’s Last Tape by Samuel Beckett [more information]

Play synopsis

One-man play. It is Krapp’s 69th birthday. He takes out his old tape recorder and reviews a recording he made when he turned 39, reviewing the past year. He makes a new recording commenting on the last year.

Production history

'The play was first performed as a curtain raiser to Endgame (from 28 October to 29 November 1958) at the Royal Court Theatre, London, directed by Donald McWhinnie and starring Patrick Magee.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krapp%27s_Last_Tape.

Date of transmission

Wednesday 29 November 1972

Time

10.25-11.00pm

Series

Thirty-Minute Theatre

Channel

BBC2

Production company

BBC

Credits

Director

Donald McWhinnie

Producer

Tim Aspinall

Lighting

John Treays

Playwright

Samuel Beckett

Designer

Mike Porter

Costume Designer

Dorothea Wallace

Make-up

Sylvia James

Sound

Norman Bennett

Cast

Patrick Magee

Krapp

Additional details

Vision original

Colour

Play tags

ageing

Audiovisual sources

Title

Krapp’s Last Tape (BBC, 1972)

Archive

BBC Information and Archives [more information]

Address

White City
London
UK

Telephone

+44 (0)20 8008 2288

Website

http://www.bbc.co.uk/informationandarchives/

Access

BBC Information and Archives is not open to the public.

Print sources

Title

Radio Times, 23 November 1972 (Magazine)

Linking notes

article, pp. 13-15; listing, p.