Abstract
After the première production of Krapp’s Last Tape Beckett resumed his practice of writing in French with the novel Comment c’est, which he began in December 1958. He returned to drama and English, however, with Embers, a radio play that was produced by the BBC in 1959.1 As Krapp reviews images of the eyes of his sexual partners, the old man demonstrates the acute need to be perceived by others. In Embers Henry creates imaginary listeners to perceive his continuous discourse, and Beckett concentrates upon this single figure who summons the voices of others to reconstruct the past.
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