{"product_id":"krapps-last-tape-and-other-dramatic-pieces-9780802144416","title":"Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces","description":"This collection of Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett's dramatic pieces includes a short stage play, two radio plays, and two pantomimes. The stage play \u003ci\u003eKrapp's Last Tape\u003c\/i\u003e evolves a shattering drama out of a monologue of a man who, at age sixty-nine, plays back the autobiographical tape he recorded on his thirty-ninth birthday.\u003cbr\u003eThe two radio plays were commissioned by the BBC; \u003ci\u003eAll That Fall\u003c\/i\u003e \"plumbs the same pessimistic depths  as \u003ci\u003eWaiting for Godot\u003c\/i\u003e] in what seems a no less despairing search for human dignity\" (London \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e), and \u003ci\u003eEmbers\u003c\/i\u003e is equally unforgettable theater, born of the ramblings of an old man and his wife. Finally, in the two pantomimes, Beckett takes drama to the point of pure abstraction with his portrayals of, in \u003ci\u003eAct Without Words I\u003c\/i\u003e, frustrated desired, and in \u003ci\u003eAct Without Words I\u003c\/i\u003e, corresponding motions of living juxtaposed in the slow despair of one man and the senselessly busy motion of another.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-543244\"\u003eSamuel Beckett\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Grove Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.16h x 5.56w x 0.27d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780802144416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0802144411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-DRA\"\u003eDrama\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/correctionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-DRA003000\"\u003eEuropean | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grove Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914576289967,"sku":"9780802144416","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0651\/9255\/8767\/files\/img_c63a520b-ff28-477e-821c-5b6154521534.jpg?v=1758827414","url":"https:\/\/www.correctionsbookstore.com\/products\/krapps-last-tape-and-other-dramatic-pieces-9780802144416","provider":"Corrections Bookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}