Posted: 30th December 2009 by cord in The Projects
Tags: Beckett, improvisation, theater, theatre
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Wrestling with a tape recorder
What joy in approaching a Krappy New Year??
I first performed the role of Krapp in Samuel Becketts Krapp’s Last Tape in April of 1994. Yes, that was some 15 years ago. I am about to perform the role again – but it wasn’t easy. Do you know how hard it is to locate a working reel to reel tape recorder these days? I asked around and searched to no avail. Finally, someone suggested Ebay…da. I got hold of a lovely old Sony Machine that works! You can see it working in the short little video clip below.
The first voice you hear is from the production of 15 years ago. I had no idea that I had kept the tape. It was recorded when I was 45, even though Krapp did his when he was 39. The point is that it made my spine go sugary to hear the Krapp voice I recorded some 15 years ago….just like Krapp….I listened to it.
Now is that Method Acting or what?????
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