In the Stygian darkness of a bare room, a table on a low platform with a light hanging overhead starts to emerge. Then a door ...

The star actor returns to the theater where he started almost a half-century ago, with Samuel Beckett’s bleak one-man play.

In this latest revival of Krapp’s Last Tape at the Barbican Centre, it is the silence that speaks the loudest. At times, it’s ...

The best of the rest are earnest but arid acts of homage. If you’ve never seen Krapp before, Rea’s is a serious, finely ...

The actor performs Samuel Beckett’s melancholy solo piece at the York Theatre Royal, where he made his professional debut in 1979 ...

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The production marks Oldman's return to the stage after 37 years but ultimately fails to live up to that homecoming ...

He who takes on Krapp is on stage for just 50 minutes, gets fewer lines than the voice of the tape recording they are listening to, coughs and sighs as much as they speak and must be fascinating ...

Back on the stage where he made his theatre debut in 1979, the Slow Horses star pours everything into Beckett’s bleak ...

Krapp is the man of the moment. Sixty-seven years after Samuel Beckett’s monologue was first performed by Patrick Magee, ...

The production, running until 17 May, marks a homecoming for Oldman, who began his professional acting career at the venue ...

malodorous old men in Samuel Beckett’s 1958 monologue Krapp’s Last Tape. Print copy of The Tablet delivered directly to your door. Complete access to all Tablet website content ...