Oh, Krapp … John Hurt on Samuel Beckett's loner hero
Krapp's Last Tape is a kind of essay in aloneness so playing it 10 times a week was an intense experienceYears before I did Krapp's Last Tape I'd seen Patrick Magee and Jack MacGowran do it " both of the bishops of the church of Beckett. Magee was very growly, sweaty, kind of pained; MacGowran couldn't help but give it a clownish quality because that's what his wonderful face did.I first played Krapp under the auspic…