How Long to Read Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces

How Long Does it Take to Read Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 40 minutes to read Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces by Samuel Beckett

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

This collection of Nobel Prize winner Samuel Beckett’s dramatic pieces includes a short stage play, two radio plays, and two pantomimes. The stage play Krapp’s Last Tape evolves a shattering drama out of a monologue of a man who, at age sixty-nine, plays back the autobiographical tape he recorded on his thirty-ninth birthday. The two radio plays were commissioned by the BBC; All That Fall “plumbs the same pessimistic depths [as Waiting for Godot] in what seems a no less despairing search for human dignity” (London Times), and Embers is equally unforgettable theater, born of the ramblings of an old man and his wife. Finally, in the two pantomimes, Beckett takes drama to the point of pure abstraction with his portrayals of, in Act Without Words I, frustrated desired, and in Act Without Words I, corresponding motions of living juxtaposed in the slow despair of one man and the senselessly busy motion of another.

How long is Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces?

Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces by Samuel Beckett is 160 pages long, and a total of 40,000 words.

This makes it 54% the length of the average book. It also has 49% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 38 minutes to read Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces aloud.

What Reading Level is Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces?

Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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