Holiday work in the countryside brings three young friends peace and tenderness. The richness and innocence of their experience carries with it the seeds of painful disintegration.
On Krapp's 69th birthday, he reviews a tape recording he made the year he was 39 and makes a new recording commenting on the last 12 months.
When Pulsford, an ulcerated impresario, stages a competition to find a new pop-group, the only entrant is The Poetic Works. Their act is truly spectacular, too spectacular for Pulsford's own.