The Humbling: Philip Roth

Simon Axler is one of America`s leading classical stage actors, but his talent - his magic - has deserted him. All the spontaneity and unthinking impulsiveness that made him great has been replaced by a paralysing self-consciousness. Overwhelmed, Axler`s wife promptly leaves him, and Axler checks into a psychiatric hospital. It is only when he begins an affair with Pegeen - that Axler`s regeneration (and then his final catastrophe) can begin.