In the Peach Blossom Spring part, for instance, there were originally a number of roles for the villagers, but some actors failed to show up for rehearsal, and Lai found that only two of them were really essential, Old Tao's wife and her lover--that implied the rest.
譬如在「桃花源」這一古裝鬧劇中，桃花源村裡原本角色眾多，後因有些演員不常來排戲；賴聲川發現，其實只要有那兩個關鍵人物﹘﹘老陶的妻子及其情夫﹘﹘就夠了，其中寓意已不言而喻。