Krapp's Last Tape letter to Rosset's editorial assistant, Judith Schmidt, on 11 May 1959, Beckett referred to the "staging" of "Krapp's Last Tape" as its 'creation'," and he made numerous significant changes to the text over the years as he was involved in directing the play. The first German performance, on 28 September 1959, was directed by Walter Henn at Berlin's "Schillertheater", where 10 years later, on 5 October 1969, Samuel Beckett himself staged his text in a most successful performance (with Martin Held as Krapp). The first American performance, on 14 January 1960, was directed by Alan Schneider and starred Donald Davis.
Waiting for Duffman Waiting for Duffman "Waiting for Duffman" is the seventeenth episode of the twenty-sixth season of the American animated sitcom "The Simpsons", and the 569th overall episode of the series. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 15, 2015. R. Lee Ermey reprises his role of Colonel Leslie Hapablap from "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming". The title is a play on "Waiting for Guffman". "Waiting for Duffman" was dedicated in memory of Sam Simon, a developer of "The Simpsons" who died seven days before it aired. When Barry Huffman (the man who plays Duffman) undergoes hip