If you take these two and put them on a stage, you've got a play. You wouldn't have to change a thing. It's as if he's broken down the barriers between short stories and drama.
把這兩位主人翁搬到舞台，這個短篇小說就成了一齣戲，完全不用改動，短篇小說和戲劇的區別好像被打破了。