Krapp's Last Tape at Santa Monica Playhouse

Stage Raw - Highly Recommended

"...Samuel Beckett penned this one-act in 1958 for Irish actor Patrick Magee after hearing him read excerpts from two other short plays. Krapp's Last Tape is one of Beckett's under-produced gems (and arguably, underappreciated), but it appeared in Los Angeles years ago in two celebrated productions, one starring the late Brian Dennehy at the Geffen, and the other at the Kirk Douglas theater with John Hurt. It's a simple piece, but Beckett's piercing sense of irony and dark humor are much in evidence."