Samuel Beckett - Krapp's Last Tape (Patrick Magee)

[@DerekHunterDHChaosRiddler]

This performance here is to me some of the best acting I've ever seen ... he has not one single other human being to bounce his emotions off of ... to express what he does in this production with no help from another actor ... is f-ing amazing ...

[@oneill_tpa]

Where has this been all my life? Where has my life been before this? One of the most moving pieces of work I've ever seen. Thanks for posting.

[@ZantherStone]

It's been one year since you posted this... how have you embraced life since . . . ?

[@TimonofBath]

He may have left this old muckball.

[@_GabrielSevilla]

Best Krapp (all senses ;-) I've ever seen. Even better than Pinter's, which I already admired. Magee was Beckett's inspiration for this play and his performance remains on top. Thanks so much for posting this.

[@jamesbradshaw3389]

Thank God that it was possible to record those very fine moments those great happenings, those masterworks of those 2 very great men Samuel Beckett and Patrick Magee, now they will last forevermore like the great painting of the old masters

[@Lobajoba]

That was actually beautiful, almost in tears. Never could get round Beckett until today. Thank you for putting this up.

[@teddy1066]

Possibly the greatest actor who ever lived. RIP Patrick. You are missed.

[@ToniSeger]

Magee was unforgettable in Marat/Sade. Absolutely masterful. It's obvious why Beckett wanted him to do this.

[@michaeligoe3935]

Beckett was in awe of Magee.

[@chowt002]

Didn't just want him to do it, he wrote the play because and for him

[@007123ramsey]

This is an interesting and compact performance. Patrick Magee was a great actor who had a preference for the stage. He also made some memorable films, remember him as the sadistic warden Mr Barrows in the 1960 film `The Criminal` with Stanley Baker and directed by Joseph Losey. He made a lot of horror films to finance his first love the stage. Some of the horror films though panned by the critics are minor classics now for example `The Fiend` directed by Robert Hartford-Davis also the horror anthology film `Asylum` made in 1972 directed by Roy Ward Baker and featuring a young Robert Powell. Sadly he died in 1984 at the age of 62 - a great loss to the stage.

[@alllowercase6277]

Great actor. First came across him in A Clockwork Orange. Then Pinter's Birthday Party. Spooky. Haunting. The weirdest intensity. Eyebrows and sweat. Unique and unmatched.

[@johnking7685]

Fabulous. Many many thanks. I remember seeing it when it was originally broadcast.

[@DerekHunterDHChaosRiddler]

This play is soooo damn good ... as it is written ... and here ... as it is brilliantly acted by Magee.

[@MrDavey2010]

Superb actor whose talent was never commercially recognised.

[@hellbooks3024]

What do that mean? He worked.

[@Da1Dez]

"Vicitm of a modern age!!!... poor poor actor!"

[@michaelnixon525]

Box three spool five. The eyes she had, like chrysolite. Thirty nine today - sound as a bell. What a writer !

[@j0nnyism]

That would be a great analogy if I knew what chrysolite is

[@scottreed1299]

That was amazing. Made me miss acting.😢

[@DerekHunterDHChaosRiddler]

A Masterpiece.

[@BlaineGarrett1]

For some reason, I had it in my head that Krapp slips on the banana peel at the end of this play and dies. I have not seen this play in years, but somehow my brain filled in that element.

[@PIPEHEAD]

New brain required, perhaps ?

[@nauticaltardigrade7520]

Chekhov's banana peel

[@christophedevos3760]

Mandela effect banana peel.

[@alainbohon6941]

"As in Krapp's Last Tape; our existence becomes more lonely as the radios and TV's and telephone extensions in our houses become more numerous" From Rollo May's "Love and Will", 1969.

[@PIPEHEAD]

To have said that in 1969 was pretty impressive, and the play is even older ! Supposedly, when writing was invented, all the oldsters complained that people would forget how to remember things. Beckett, when he first laid hands on a tape recorder ( which will have tripped him out good style in the 50s ) , must have thought " before you know it, everybody will be walking round with mobile phones attached to their ears .................. ) .

[@pandulagodawatta7398]

Absolutely masterful everlasting performence!

[@p123-i9s]

Much underrated actor, except by the very best directors and writers.

[@p123-i9s]

@@hellbooks3024 Couldn't tell you. iI can't remember now why I said that, so I must take it back.

[@p123-i9s]

@@hellbooks3024 I must take it back, because I cannot remember now why I said it. Thanks for asking. 😔

[@naufalriskiawan6547]

Thank you Mr. Steve!

[@jansmiths8629]

god he was good. thx.

[@TheMattTempest]

Would imagine this performance is the reason Kubrick picked Magee for the role of 'the writer' in A Clockwork Orange?

[@michaelnixon525]

Box three - spool five. Spooooool. Thirty nine today. Sound as a bell . Farewell to ...love .

[@theoldman2821]

I wish some of these great performances could be cleaned up digitally.

[@christophedevos3760]

How old does one have to be to play this role (young on tape/ old in 'reality'). Such as: can a young actor play King Lear with the right make up, or is something more needed? Excellent reflection of Beckett on aging. And an outstanding performance as well, thanks for uploading this gem.

[@rd264]

Beckett's futility and desperation is always hilarious

[@hellbooks3024]

Nothing is funnier than unhappiness

[@mokshyanta1757]

Wow ....just wow...no words.....Actor❤️

[@michaelnixon525]

The eyes she had - like chrysolite.

[@Reallyrandomcircle]

The slow fade to silence and darkness really adds something the text lacks

[@samnicholson5051]

It would have to have been the future. There were no home tape recorders until 1946, so at the time this was written, Krapp was an impossibility. But come the present day this scenario could easily be playing out right now...

[@TextundBuehne]

I'm afraid that's not entirely true: the play was written and premiered in 1958!

[@samnicholson5051]

@@TextundBuehne yes but Krapp had making tapes for at least 42 years, which in 1958 would mean he had a tape recorder in 1916. Trying to imagine that, would have been like trying to imagine having a website back in 1979.

[@TextundBuehne]

Good point!

[@elisap8671]

@@samnicholson5051 if you look at the script, to avoid this exact problem you are pointing out, Beckett began the play with a caption "a late evening in the future"! Nice point indeed!

[@PIPEHEAD]

The answer's a bit simpler than that. Krapp started his diary in a Lett's diary he got for Christmas when he was six. When he got his first reel to reel tape deck, he recorded all his diaries onto tape, starting from the very first one, which he still had ! He wasn't stupid, so he realised he needed to employ a crack team of actors, specially chosen for having just the right quality of voice to pass for his string of former selves. By means of regular presents of tinned condensed milk, he was easily able to persuade them to record a few snippets of his diary, closely directed by himself for the optimum match. The reason he seems so convinced by all the phoney voices is because he knows the difference between " Art " and " Con " ...................

[@redstrat1234]

Amazing

[@Roarkethemerciless]

FOOOD... Alright ?

[@bobh.9035]

Spool...Spooool.....Spooool (of tape, Krapp's Tapes, and last tape)....

[@ricarleite]

TRY THE WINE!

[@thetruepoemproject3441]

@@ricarleite Great reference..... Bravo!

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

Naaooow, she'd Dead!

[@timlies3627]

Beckett goooood.

[@jeanfatale]

Is it just me or is there only audio on the left channel?

[@charlesschaefer1974]

yep

[@alexxeyaverkin5944]

Nope

[@scubsnakcs]

oh good I was afraid my earphones had broken

[@raysierra4194]

Patrick magee is also in Telefon with Charles bronson.people never seem to mention that one

[@LuDux]

Great camera work by "Little" John Moore

[@jon.e]

The ending of this plays on one of my biggest fears in life...seriously not cool this was assigned to me. :-/ ugh Gotta say, though, this version was the best I saw. Granted, I only saw two versions...but still. Magee did much better!

[@Jan96106]

+Jon E. Face your fear. This eventually happens to everybody.

[@jon.e]

Jan96106 Sadly, I know you're right. :(

Its not about that kind of death. Its about death in life. This is the big problem! No hope no nothing.

[@gordonm.7387]

Pat Magee was a brilliant actor, loved a Guinness on the set, but Kubrick ran dry sets which irked old Pat. He's amazing in The Criminal (1960, Joseph Losey) where he plays a closet homosexual prison warden who tries to torment Stanley Baker, fucking hilarious movie!

[@kevinmcgrath127]

Bowie…did a ghostly song which resonates with this theme of age reckoning with youthful idealism and revelation….the loneliest guy

[@PIPEHEAD]

The earth is a bitch, we've finished our news - and of course, we stole it from Waiting for Godot - " 'That's how it is on this bitch of an earth ! " .

[@liimiing]

这一版的语速语调较好，但主演的表情有些夸张。另外，空间设定过大（克拉普的den一定是局促的脏乱的地方啦），舞台也未按要求全部黑暗，桌子的配置也不对（抽屉的朝向是对着观众的）。

[@彥銘丁]

先生您好,看見您在這個劇本下的視頻都有著一些自己的看法,想請問您是否對這個劇本非常的熟悉呢? 最近本人在研究貝克特,不知道先生您是否能指點迷津

[@lukethomson5820]

Does anyone know the name of the reorder used in this production?

[@masoviper]

yep

[@jingham2387]

The birthday party...magee

[@TerryUniGeezerPeterson]

Food!. All right?! Try the wine.

[@mandys1505]

bbravo

[@Mercutiossword]

really shortchanged the bananna bit

[@tuckerscozzafava]

Would love to see Joaquin Phoenix in this role

[@someguy957]

You really don't have a clue, do you?

[@atis9061]

Pfft

[@scottreed1299]

I expect Phoenix was summoning Beckett to some fair degree in Her.

[@obscureentertainment8303]

I'm off to see Gary Oldman playing the part live on stage in a few months.

[@scottreed1299]

@obscureentertainment8303 that should be brilliant!!!

[@PortraitoftheArtistasanOldDog8]

Ive just come from amazing psych site Sam Vaknin don't ng deep dive into self supplying narcissists employing recollection. I swear Krapp is growing til the end though: not ossified?!...

[@PortraitoftheArtistasanOldDog8]

*doing

[@PortraitoftheArtistasanOldDog8]

We put this on as 15 yr olds in very drama based school...been spouting it ever since now 52?! Spoo..ool...

[@PortraitoftheArtistasanOldDog8]

Crap! I've developed a cough like Krapp in the interveaning years....

[@PortraitoftheArtistasanOldDog8]

Just been listening to that stupid barstard I took myself for all those years ago. Hard to beleive I was ever as bad as all that...

[@acarburak8834]

Rubbish.

[@imorrison1585]

Anlamıyorsun, bu yüzden yargılama

[@acarburak8834]

@@imorrison1585 Çok çok iyi anlıyorum, hatta ben o adamım. Emirlerini bir başka ahmağa sakla.

[@samnicholson5051]

@@acarburak8834 if you can understand Beckett, you've misunderstood Beckett.

[@acarburak8834]

@@samnicholson5051 Oh! I don't understand what I see and hear, but you understand me, a complete unknown to you! I understand him very well, in fact I'm Krapp.

[@dreamer9375]

​@@acarburak8834 I know you probably won't tell me but it's worth a shot, in what ways do you relate to Krappe? It's simply out of curiosity, no snide remarks there.