Krapp's Last Tape | Essays and Criticism
- Turning Away from Humanity
In this essay, Moran examines the ways in which Beckett’s play explores a man’s turning away from humanity to pursue his dreams of artistic success.
- Krapp’s Last Tape and the
Proustian Vision
Oberg examines the nature of self in Beckett’s play, delineating the similarities between Krapp’s Last Tape and the works of Marcel Proust, a French author who greatly influenced the playwright.
- It’s Not All Bananas
Hewes reviews a production of Krapp’s Last Tape, finding the play to contain a ‘‘passion for life and a robust poetry’’ that the critic found lacking in Beckett’s other plays, notably Endgame and Waiting for Godot.

