In this student-led episode, Kath, Addison, and Brooke discuss the Theatre of the Absurd in relation to Samuel Beckett’s play Krapp’s Last Tape and Enda Walsh’s play Penelope. 

Bibliography 

• Beckett, Samuel. Krapp's Last Tape. Faber and Faber Ltd, 2014.
• Billington, Michael. “Penelope | Theatre Review.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 26 July 2010, www.theguardian.com/stage/2010/jul/26/penelope-druid-lane-galway-review.
• Dickson, Andrew. “Nonsense Talk: Theatre of the Absurd.” The British Library, The British Library, 3 Aug. 2017, www.bl.uk/20th-century-literature/articles/nonsense-talk-theatre-of-the-absurd.
• Hurt, John. “Krapp's Last Tape: John Hurt on Samuel Beckett's Loner Hero.” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 23 July 2014, www.theguardian.com/stage/2014/jul/23/john-hurt-samuel-beckett-krapps-last-tape.
• Lavey, Martha. “Welcome to Penelope.” Steppenwolf Theatre, www.steppenwolf.org/articles/welcome-to-penelope/.
• Steppenwolftheatre, director. Enda Walsh on Penelope. YouTube, YouTube, 19 Jan. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOX9VM7o_KI.
• Walsh, Enda. Penelope. Nick Hern Books, 2010.
• Williams, Tom. “Penelope.” Theatre Reviews, 19 Dec. 2011, chicagocritic.com/penelope/.