After a pause, Wu Hsing-kuo adds: "We just wanted to use the deeply philosophical character of Western drama to shake up our staid traditional theater, break free from convention and find a style proper to our own age."
「我個人並不在意是否成為稱職的翻譯者」，吳興國頓了一下說道，「只是想藉著西方劇本深刻的思想性，來撼動四平八穩的傳統劇場，破除一些格律，尋求屬於當代的風格。」