Krapp's Last Tape | Style
Setting
Krapp’s Last Tape is set in Krapp’s den a room that reflects, to a large degree, Krapp himself. It is bare, save for a small table; this lack of ornament emphasizes Krapp’s emotional sterility and loneliness. As he is without any human interaction, his room is without anything that suggests comfort or humanity.
More telling than the barren stage are the lighting directions given by Beckett. The table and its immediate area are bathed in ‘‘strong white light’’; the rest of...
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