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Krapp’s Last Tape at the Barbican: 'Stephen Rea is oddly workmanlike'

Krapp’s Last Tape at the Barbican: 'Stephen Rea is oddly workmanlike'

Among a slew of Krapp’s, Stephen Rea’s is finely calibrated but lacks pathos

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