▁as ▁source ▁material , ▁as ▁do ▁most ▁authors , ▁it ▁is ▁not ▁bi ography ▁in ▁the ▁strict est ▁sense . ▁ ▁Beck ett ▁has ▁drawn ▁heavily ▁from ▁his ▁own ▁life ▁in ▁the ▁writing ▁of ▁this ▁text . ▁His ▁difficult ▁relationship ▁with ▁his ▁mother ▁is ▁a ▁major ▁theme ▁in ▁his ▁writing . ▁" D uring ▁breaks ▁in ▁Fox rock ▁in ▁January ▁and ▁April ▁ 1 9 3 5 , ▁he ▁himself ▁linked ▁the ▁return ▁of ▁his ▁night ▁swe ats ▁and ▁his ▁‘ period s ▁of ▁speech less ▁bad ▁temper ’ ▁with ▁his ▁presence ▁back ▁in ▁the ▁family ▁home ." ▁Through out ▁this , ▁Beck ett ▁had ▁a ▁" t endency ▁to ▁suffer ▁from ▁a il ments ▁which ▁were ▁psych os om atic ▁in ▁origin ". ▁ ▁Produ ctions ▁On ▁first ▁hearing ▁a ▁repeat ▁of ▁the ▁BBC ▁radio ▁broadcast ▁" Be ck ett ▁[ found ▁he ] ▁was ▁very ▁im pressed ▁and ▁moved ▁by ▁the ▁crack ed ▁quality ▁of ▁M age e ’ s ▁voice , ▁[ ‘ str ang ely ▁dé class é ] ▁but ▁still ▁ind ub it ably ▁Irish ’ ▁which ▁seemed ▁to ▁capture ▁a ▁sense ▁of ▁deep ▁world - we ar iness , ▁sad ness , ▁ru ination ▁and ▁regret ▁... ▁A ▁few ▁weeks ▁later ▁he ▁began ▁to ▁compose ▁a ▁dram atic ▁mon olog ue ", ▁especially ▁for ▁him . ▁Cal led ▁initially ▁simply ▁" M age e ▁Mon olog ue " ▁it ▁was ▁originally ▁conce ived ▁as ▁" another ▁radio ▁play " ▁and ▁was ▁again ▁firm ly ▁root ed ▁in