To build up his confidence in this revenge plan, Felix puts on the Prospero costume from his long-ago failed adaptation at the Shakespeare festival. He convinces one of the prisoners to rig Tony’s screening room with cameras and microphones and plans an improvised performance for Tony and Sal as part of his revenge plan. Felix spends eager days casting the show, discussing its themes, and planning his revenge on Sal and Tony.Īs Felix and the Fletcher Players rehearse and prepare for their filmed performance, Felix struggles with whether to keep or let go of the voice and image of his daughter Miranda. He hires Anne-Marie, the actress who would have played Miranda 12 years before in Felix’s original adaptation, to play Miranda.
The job nurtures Felix’s bruised ego, but he continues to obsess over what he can do to take revenge on Tony.įour years into his work at the Fletcher Correctional Institution, Felix discovers that Sal, a justice minister, and Tony, now a minister himself, plan to visit the prison to watch a filmed screening of Felix’s next play. For years, Felix teaches and directs prisoners in Shakespeare performances. He finds employment as a teacher for the nearby correctional institution. He obsesses over the play, his daughter, and Tony.įelix decides to get a job so he can get out of the house and distract himself from the specter of Miranda. As the years go by, he is unable to let go of his last adaptation, Shakespeare’s The Tempest. He believes that she is still alive, though he is often aware that he is making this up. His solitariness and anger make him see things, such as his daughter Miranda. Felix couples his grief with vengeful thoughts about Tony.įelix changes his name to Felix Duke, buys a shack of a house, and disappears into his unhappiness for many years.
A former friend and colleague, Tony, takes over his job to great success. What’s more, his adaptations become even weirder, prompting his firing from the theater group.
When Felix loses his wife and then, three years later, his daughter, his obsession with his job overtakes his mental health. His adaptations are eccentric, sometimes bordering on offensive. Felix Phillips is a well-known artistic director of a Shakespearean festival.
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