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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