Aw, I feel so bad for him. He must feel awful. I sure would!

Still, I rather think he could use a bit of a break, so I hope he takes full advantage of his recovery time.

And it doesn't sound like audiences are being too nasty. Standing ovations? It actually sounds like the audiences are being quite generous about the intimidating role the understudy has had to take on. Which, you know, good for them.