His own family tragedy and his early dissolute life familiarize himself with a group of pitiful misfits, which illuminates him to create in his works a world of characters similarly afflicted.

• 他的家庭生活阴翳不断，他早年混迹妓院、酒馆，还曾出海远航，所有这些为他进行戏剧创作提供了取之不尽的素材，并由此奠定了他以反映人生痛苦为主题的创作基础。