The mode of staging is very much traditional chinese theatre , but it is modern theatre in spirit , especially when the elements of the stand - up comedy and the brechtian epic the - atre are freely adopted 搬演方式极似京昆,但却是纯粹的话剧,其中混入对口相声及布莱希特史诗剧场的要素,使这个古老题材更具现代精神。