This time the man felled by age and infirmity is Simon Axler, an actor who suffers a breakdown while portraying Prospero and Macbeth in repertory.

此次因年老和自身弱点而没落的主人公是西蒙·埃克斯勒。 他是一名演员，在轮演剧目中扮演普洛斯比罗和麦克白时惨遭失败。