The play drew heavily on her own family history, and the writing was fueled by anger; she said, "I wrote The Antiphon with clenched teeth, and I noted that my handwriting was as savage as a dagger."
这出戏很大程度上依赖于她自己的家族历史，写作是由愤怒引发的；她说，“我咬牙切齿地写着《The Antiphon》，我注意到我的笔迹像匕首一样野蛮。