In this adaptation of King Lear, the most mature of Shakespeare's tragedies, Wu pulls out all the stops, single-handedly giving audiences a look at all the main roles in Peking Opera--sheng (males), dan (females), jing (ruffians), mo (middle-aged men), and chou (buffoons).
在這齣改編自莎士比亞四大悲劇中最成熟的《李爾王》裡，吳興國窮盡畢生所學，一人詮釋生、旦、淨、末、丑的全部角色與唱功，讓觀眾見識到京劇精髓。