sentences:  On first hearing a repeat of the BBC radio broadcast "Beckett [found he] was very impressed and moved by the cracked quality of Magee’s voice, [‘strangely déclassé] but still indubitably Irish’ which seemed to capture a sense of deep world-weariness, sadness, ruination and regret ... A few weeks later he began to compose a dramatic monologue", especially for him.Called initially simply "Magee Monologue" it was originally conceived as "another radio play" and was again firmly rooted in events from his own life; what resulted was "Krapp’s Last Tape".In 1978, the play was produced at the Stratford Festival with actor Douglas Rain (the voice of HAL 9000 in ) in the lead role.