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Krapp's Last Tape, Not I, That Time, & A Piece of Monologue

By: Samuel Beckett
Narrated by: Jim Norton, Juliet Stevenson, John Moffatt, Peter Marinker
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These four works show Samuel Beckett at his most penetrating. Both Krapp's Last Tape (1958) and Not I (1972) are among the most striking pieces written for the theatre in the 20th century. An old man sits at a table, playing back old tapes made when he was younger, mixed glimpses of past feelings. In Not I, we have just a mouth expressing memories and torment in a torrent of words.

That Time and A Piece of Monologue are less well-known, but express the Beckettian concerns of introspection, memory, and hopelessness in different ways, yet always with sympathy for the human condition. Though written for the stage, these four monodramas are even more penetrating in the enclosed, intimate medium of the audiobook.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying reference material will be available in your My Library section along with the audio.

©Beckett Estate (P)2005 Naxos Audiobooks Drama & Plays European World Literature
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Could we have more Beckett like Ill Seen Ill Said, Company and Worstward Ho, and numerous other short texts and short stories.

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Although Not I may have been done 'better, hearing it at less than the speed intended by the author allows the words to hit home and they really do, just about the best representation of mental anguish/ illness (?) ever written.

Of course it's genius

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Awesome, reality as it is, hilarious, profound, fascinating, unique, if you want life broken down by a writer to what it actually is, you need look no further than beckett

The master

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