Drawing inspiration from a Peking opera version of Ionesco's The Chairs performed in Taipei earlier and from Kurosawa's Throne of Blood and Ran, they fused concepts from Western drama and traditional Peking opera techniques in their production.
劇作家魏子雲也曾將法國荒謬大師尤涅斯柯（Ionesco）的「椅子」（The Chairs）轉化成純粹的平劇表演方式。日本電影大師黑澤明更導演了許多改編自莎翁劇本的電影，像「蜘蛛巢城」、「亂」等。