| Title (4) | File type | Publiseringsdato | Download |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual program from The Norwegian Theatre in the spring and autumn of 2016. | January 2016 | Download | |
| Forestillingsprogram for Det Norske Teatrets produksjon Krapps siste spole (2015) | August 20, 2015 | Download | |
| Season program from The Norwegian Theatre in mai-autumn of the 2015. | April 2015 | Download | |
| Season program from The Norwegian Theatre spring 2016. | January 2016 | Download |
Krapp's Last Tape
Krapp's Last Tape (2015) is a theatre production by The Norwegian Theatre, based on the play by Samuel Beckett. The production is performed at Scene 3.
The director is Bjørn Sundquist.
The title role is interpreted by Jan Grønli.
Information
(Objekt ID 49259)| Object type | Production |
| Premiere | August 22, 2015 |
| Produced by | The Norwegian Theatre |
| Based on | Krapp's Last Tape by Samuel Beckett |
| Audience | Adults |
| Audience size | 1593 |
| Number of events | 26 |
| Language | Norwegian Nynorsk |
| Keywords | Monologue, Theatre, One-act Play |
| Running period | August 22, 2015 |
| Website | Det Norske Teatret |
"Krapp, an old writer, looks back at his life and his life's work. His last book only sold seventeen copies. He turned his back on love many years ago. His sight is about to leave him. He now spends his days alone, by his writing desk. He sits in front of a tape recorder with sound recordings of himself from earlier years. This doesn't exactly make him any merrier. He eats bananas, drinks and attempts to rewind over his past, but realises that he can't change it.
His desperation grows while it becomes increasingly clearer that the life that never really started is now about to end. He sits lonely, isolated and bitter. With his tape recorder as his only friend."
SOURCES:
The Norwegian Theatre, detnorsketeatret.no, 03.08.2015, http://www.detnorsketeatret.no/framsyningar/krapps-siste-spole/
Import from the Scenekunst.no list of openings 03.08.2015
| Name | Role |
|---|---|
| Samuel Beckett | – Playwright |
| Bjørn Endreson | – Translation |
| Bjørn Sundquist | – Direction |
| Ola E. Bø | – Dramaturge |
| Benedicte Folkman | – Costume (Kostymekoordinator) |
| Jan Grønli | – Actor (Krapp) |
| Åse-Berit Litleskare | – Props |
| Hedda Rønneberg | – Stage manager |
| Dag Jenssen | – Photo |
| Pelle Dengsø | – Stage Manager |
| Tryggve Ildahl | – Stage Manager |
| Sissel Lillo Stenberg | – Prompter |
| August 22, 2015 18:30 – Scene 3 (tidligere Prøvesalen), Det Norske Teatret, The Norwegian Theatre | Opening night |
Lillian Bikset, Nyanser av grått (literally: Nuances of grey), Dagbladet August 22 2015:
"Krapp's Last Tape is about aging, regret and the kinship between examining oneself and fooling oneself. Jan Grønli and Bjørn Sundquist interpret Krapp as a man who is older than his years. His habits and preferences have long ago turned into quibbles. He knows that resignation is the only thing left. But he doesn't accept it. The previous, and first, time, Sundquist directed Grønli was also in a play by Beckett, Waiting for Godot for The Norwegian Touring Theatre (2013). In tone as well as theme Krapp's Last Tape has much in common with this. The performance is a confrontation between lived and unlived life, personified in one and the same man. It is deeply human in its desperation and as deeply human in its comedy. Not that the divide between desperation and comedy is ever clear, in Beckett. Slapstick and existential pain belong naturally together, the way laughter and pain are (not that different) expressions in the same face. This understands the production at The Norwegian Theatre, and this it conveys."