Krapp, ou, La dernière bande Krapp intones "Sprechgesang" in the present; a lyrical vocal line caresses the pre-recorded monologues of his younger self. The melody for the section of tape which Krapp rewinds and re-listens to numerous times (his happiest moment, curled up with his lover in a gently rocking boat) is ingeniously captured as an "idée fixe" by Mihalovici." Krapp, ou, La dernière bande Krapp, ou, La dernière bande (English: "The Last Tape", German: "Krapp, oder Das letzte Band") is a chamber opera in one act by Marcel Mihalovici with a libretto by Samuel Beckett. The libretto is based on Beckett's 1958 play "Krapp's
Rough for Theatre II in the ending, leaving it open to various interpretations such as Croker may be crying (justifying the handkerchief), smiling, was dead prior to A and B’s arrival or else died during the process. Despite working up the text for publication in the seventies, "Rough for Theatre II" clearly looks back to "Waiting for Godot" and "Endgame" rather than forward to the later plays. Had Beckett actually written the play later it would have borne a greater resemblance to "That Time", "Eh Joe" or "Ghost Trio", Morvan and Bertrand’s characters being reduced to disembodied voices. In these three plays, the central