But fortunately, says Tsao, all the actors are willing to accept this challenge and are thoroughly eager to learn. Over the past several months of tough training, they have gradually come to understand what director Gao Xingjian expects of them, and no longer feel, as they did at the beginning, that they are groping in the dark. They are also getting the hang of what modes of expression the play requires.
曹復永說，好在演員都有心接受挑戰，學習情緒十分高昂，經過這幾個月的磨練，大家已經逐漸瞭解高導演要他們怎麼做，不像初期那樣霧裡看花，迷迷糊糊，對這齣戲想要表達的方式，也漸入佳境。