John Hurt to Make NYC Stage Debut at BAM

English thespian John Hurt has had a career embodying iconic roles in a variety of different film and TV productions, both at home and abroad.

And though the star of such films as 'The Elephant Man' and 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' is not best known for his stage performances, it still seems surprising that Hurt's appearance in Samuel Beckett's 'Krapp's Last Tape' at 's Harvey Theater starting Dec. 6 will be his first on the New York boards—or at least, according to BAM.

Hurt stars as the titular character in a play just about as stark and bleak as one may expect from a master of post-modern drama like Beckett—one about a man marking his 69th birthday by listening to a tape recorded 30 years earlier.

The Oscar-nominated actor reprises the role first set out in Gate Theater's critically acclaimed Dublin and London productions.

Accompanying stage performances scheduled for Dec. 6, 8-11, 13-17 at 7:30 p.m. will be screenings of Hurt's choice movie roles at BAMRose Cinemas, including the aforementioned films as well as 'Love and Death on Long Island' and 'Scandal.'

Most recently in movie theaters, Hurt is featured in a small, yet pivotal role in Lars Von Trier's paean to the two-sided coin of manic-depression, .

Tickets to 'Krapp's Last Tape' start at $25. To purchase tickets, visit bam.org.