Krapp's Last Tape PPT 1

Samuel Beckett?s Krapp?s Last Tape (1958) Samuel Beckett 1906-1989 portrait by Avigdor Arikha, 1967 Historical and Dramatic Context of Krapp?s Last Tape Europe in the mid-20th century European avant garde drama and theatre in the mid-20th century Historical and Dramatic Context of Krapp?s Last Tape Europe in the mid-20th century European avant garde drama and theatre in the mid-20th century Beckett?s Experience of Post World War II Europe Billie Whitelaw in Beckett?s Play Grave of 5 unknown soldiers Europe in the mid-20th Century Themes and Images from the European War Experience Earth: ?Everything there, everything on this muckball, all the light and dark and famine and feasting of . . . (hesitates) . . . the ages!? Krapp?s Last Tape Beatrice Manley in Happy Days, 1961 Europe in the mid-20th Century Eliza Galvez in Happy Days, 1996 Themes and Images from the European War Experience Earth: ?Everything there, everything on this muckball, all the light and dark and famine and feasting of . . . (hesitates) . . . The ages!? Krapp?s Last Tape The Lost Past: ?Old Miss McGlome always sings at this hour. But not tonight. Songs of her girlhood, she says.? Europe in the mid-20th Century Robert Symonds in Krapp?s Last Tape, 1960 Themes and Images from the European War Experience Earth: ?Everything there, everything on this muckball, all the light and dark and famine and feasting of . . . (hesitates) . . . The ages!? Krapp?s Last Tape The Lost Past: ?Old Miss McGlome always sings at this hour. But not tonight. Songs of her girlhood, she says.? The Desolate Present: ?What?s a year now? The sour cud and the iron stool.? Europe in the mid-20th Century John Hurt as Krapp Themes and Images from the European War Experience Earth: ?Everything there, everything on this muckball, all the light and dark and famine and feasting of . . . (hesitates) . . . The ages!? Krapp?s Last Tape The Lost Past: ?Old Miss McGlome always sings at this hour. But not tonight. Songs of her girlhood, she says.? KLT The Desolate Present: ?What?s a year now? The sour cud and the iron stool.? KLT Imperfect Bodies: KLT stage directions Europe in the mid-20th Century Nagg and Nell in Endgame, University of Washington 1975 Historical and Dramatic Context of Krapp?s Last Tape Europe in the mid-20th century European avant garde drama and theatre in the mid-20th century Early departures from realism Theatre of the Absurd Major Early and Mid- 20th-Century Departures from Realism Symbolism Expressionism Dada Futurism Surrealism Epic Theatre Theatre of Cruelty Departures from Realism Jean Cocteau, Parade, 1917 Design by Picasso Hugo Ball at the Cabaret Voltaire, 1916 Major Early and Mid- 20th-Century Departures from Realism Symbolism Expressionism Dada Futurism Surrealism Epic Theatre Theatre of Cruelty Departures from Realism Jean Cocteau, Parade, 1917 Design by Picasso Hugo Ball at the Cabaret Voltaire, 1916 Major Early and Mid- 20th-Century Departures from Realism Symbolism Expressionism Dada Futurism Surrealism Epic Theatre Theatre of Cruelty Departures from Realism Jean Cocteau, Parade, 1917 Design by Picasso Hugo Ball at the Cabaret Voltaire, 1916 Major Early and Mid- 20th-Century Departures from Realism Symbolism Expressionism Dada Futurism Surrealism Epic Theatre Theatre of Cruelty Departures from Realism Jean Cocteau, Parade, 1917 Design by Picasso Hugo Ball at the Cabaret Voltaire, 1916 Major Early and Mid- 20th-Century Departures from Realism Symbolism Expressionism Dada Futurism Surrealism Epic Theatre Theatre of Cruelty Departures from Realism Jean Cocteau, Parade, 1917 Design by Picasso Hugo Ball at the Cabaret Voltaire, 1916 Major Early and Mid- 20th-Century Departures from Realism Symbolism Expressionism Dada Futurism Surrealism Epic Theatre Theatre of Cruelty Departures from Realism Jean Cocteau, Parade, 1917 Design by Picasso Hugo Ball at the Cabaret Voltaire, 1916 Major Early and Mid- 20th-Century Departures from Realism Symbolism Expressionism Dada Futurism Surrealism Epic Theatre Theatre of Cruelty Departures from Realism Jean Cocteau, Parade, 1917 Design by Picasso Hugo Ball at the Cabaret Voltaire, 1916 Historical and Dramatic Context of Krapp?s Last Tape Europe in the mid-20th century European avant garde drama and theatre in the mid-20th century Early departures from realism Theatre of the Absurd Origins Martin Esslin?s 1961 book established name: The Theatre of the Absurd Connections to French existential philosophy of Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus Theatre of the Absurd Albert Camus ?The Myth of Sisyphus? 1942 ?A world that can be explained by reasoning, however faulty, is a familiar world. But in a universe that is suddenly deprived of illusions and of light, man feels a stranger. His is an irremediable exile, because he is deprived of memories of a lost homeland as much as he lacks the hope of a promised land to come. This divorce between man and his life, the actor and his setting, truly constitutes the feeling of Absurdity.? --Albert Camus, ?The Myth of Sisyphus,? 1942 Theatre of the Absurd ?Absurdity? in Dramatic Text Non-linear plot Generic or archetypal characters Faulty logic Devalued language Experiential effect Clov in Endgame, University of Washington 1975 Theatre of the Absurd Compare to Characteristics of Aristotelian Plays Waiting for Godot at San Quentin Experiential Effect The San Quentin News, November 28, 1957 Waiting for Godot at San Quentin Experiential Effect The San Quentin News, November 28, 1957