Its stage directions occupy a single page and take longer to read than its performance. A stage strewn with debris becomes visible in a light that starts as faint, becomes less faint then fades again. Simultaneously, the audience hears a faint cry, called by the author "an instant of recorded vagitus," then the sound of a human respiration, followed by another faint cry as the lights fade and the curtain falls. FTP, name this 1969 play, usually performed as a double feature with "Krapp's Last Ta
Its stage directions occupy a single page and take longer to read than its performance. A stage strewn with debris becomes visible in a light that starts as faint, becomes less faint then fades again. Simultaneously, the audience hears a faint cry, called by the author "an instant of recorded vagitus," then the sound of a human respiration, followed by another faint cry as the lights fade and the curtain falls. FTP, name this 1969 play, usually performed as a double feature with "Krapp's Last Tape," written by Samuel Becket to be performed in all of 35 seconds.
Its stage directions occupy a single page and take longer to read than its performance.
{Breath}