Samuel Beckett
Digital Manuscript Project
Krapp's Last Tape / La Dernière Bande

MS-UoR-1227-7-7-1

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Segment 1

For [page] I.
[0130] Well out of that.
[0131] Hopeless business.[0133] Not much [allusi-
]
[on] reference to her. A queer passage about
her eyes.
[0135] I [don't xxx remember what
colour they were.]
suddenly saw them
again.
[0137] [Incomparable] Matchless.[0139] Ah well.

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Segment 2

[0141] [I find these] ... (He switches off,
broods, switches on
)
...
[0140] (Pause)
[0141] I find - (he switches off, broods,
switches on
)
- these old [PMs] P.M.s
a [great] help before embarking on a
new ... (hesitates) ... conspectus.
[0142] Hard
to believe I was ever that young pup.

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Segment 3

Opening.
[0061] [Consults register and
reads out rubrics.]
[0075] "Memorable equinox"
[0062] ["Death of] mother "Mother at
peace"
[0081] "[Farewell] to love"

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Segment 4

[0064] "The black ball"[0071] Improvement of bowel
condition
-
[0081] Farewell to -
love (he turns page) - love.

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