On film

'The staginess of Beckett's technique is uncannily absolute, defying translation to another medium,' insists the literary critic Katherine Worth. However, the actor who plays Krapp, John Hurt, argues that 'Krapp's Last Tape' is 'the most obviously filmic piece insofar as it's quite naturalistic, it's not formalised or stylised.'

Which point of view would you defend?

Discuss any significant gain or loss that might be brought about by transposing 'Krapp's Last Tape' to the medium of radio.

Activity 2

Demanding?

'If you go and see Titanic, you only give the film 10% of your personality. Good films get smaller audiences, but more of the viewer,' argues the radical French 'New Wave' film director, Jean-Luc Godard. What demands does Beckett make of viewers?

Activity 3

How may we use modern technologies to try to hold on to the past? Does the way we record our past affect how we live in the present?