Krapps Last Tape

In Krapps Last Tape which was written in English in 1958 an old man reviews his life and assesses his predicament We learn about him not from the 69yearold man on stage but from his 39yearold self on the tape he chooses to listen to On the awful occasion of his birthday Krapp was then and is now in the habit of reviewing the past year and separating the grain from the husks He isolates memories of value fertility and nourishment to set against creeping death when all my dust has settled