Krapp's Last Tape
In addition, he played Salieri in a 2007 production of Amadeus directed by Nikolai Foster. His final Shakespearean lead, having played so many, was King Lear in a production by Ireland's Second Age Theatre, which opened at the Wexford Opera House, directed by Donnacadh O'Briain. Although suffering in 2012 from spinal cord compression due to prostate cancer, Murphy appeared in Glasgow Citizens Theatre's production of "Krapp's Last Tape" by Samuel Beckett, his final stage appearance.