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Krapp (on tape): Perhaps my best years are gone. When there was a chance of happiness. But I wouldn't want them back. Not with the fire in me now. No, I wouldn't want them back.
Krapp motionless staring before him. The tape runs on in silence.
— May 19, 2026 05:01AM
Krapp motionless staring before him. The tape runs on in silence.
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Alan (the Lone Librarian) Teder
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Henry: Bolton at the window, his back to the hangings, holding them a little apart with his hand, looking out, white world, even the spire, white to the vane, most unusual, silence in the house, not a sound, only the fire, no flames now, embers. (Pause.) Embers. (Pause.
[from Embers 1957/1959.]
— May 20, 2026 05:54PM
[from Embers 1957/1959.]
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Mr Rooney: Has he announced the text?
Mrs Rooney: "The Lord upholdeth all that fall and raiseth up all those that be bowed down."
(Silence. They join in wild laughter. They move on. Wind and rain. Dragging feet. etc.)
[from All That Fall (1956)]
— May 20, 2026 07:39AM
Mrs Rooney: "The Lord upholdeth all that fall and raiseth up all those that be bowed down."
(Silence. They join in wild laughter. They move on. Wind and rain. Dragging feet. etc.)
[from All That Fall (1956)]
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I couldn't resist a re-read of Krapp's Last Tape from my pre-reviewing days when I saw that Gary Oldman was currently directing and acting in the one man monologue piece for the Royal Court in London May 18-30, 2026. He looks like an even more than usually dishevelled Jackson Lamb in the part.
— May 17, 2026 07:03AM
