Krapp's Last Tape performance, both of which have been shown on television. There have been several musical adaptations of "Krapp's Last Tape", most notably the opera "Krapp, ou, La dernière bande" by composer Marcel Mihalovici. American composer Earl Kim alludes to the work within his "Gooseberries, she said" (1967), part of the four-part cycle "Exercises en Route". The Hungarian composer Gyula Csapó has created the work "Krapp's Last Tape –- after Samuel Beckett" (1975) loosely inspired by Beckett's play. This theatrical work is for a "violinist-actor," a tape recorder, four spotlights and a sine wave generator. In 1999, the English experimental composer, Michael
Vladimir (Waiting for Godot) it is almost unbearable to live with ("I can't go on!"), and forces himself to dismiss it ("What have I said?"). He resolves to go on waiting for Godot. Information about his appearance is decidedly scant: he walks in "short stiff strides, legs wide apart," and is heavier than Estragon (which gives little information since there is no description of Estragon's weight to use as a reference). It tends to be the convention in most productions, however, that he is tall and lanky, while Estragon is short and squat. He has been portrayed by many notable actors, including Burgess Meredith