Killen, professor of ecclesiastical history, wrote: In the second and third centuries the playhouse in every large town was a centre of attraction. and whilst the actors were generally persons of very loose morals, their dramatic performances were perpetually pandering to the depraved appetites of the age....
ಮತ್ತು ನಟರು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಅತಿ ದುರಾಚಾರಿಗಳಾಗಿದ್ದರೂ, ಅವರ ನಾಟಕ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶನಗಳು ಆ ಸಮಯದ ನೀತಿಭ್ರಷ್ಟ ಹಂಬಲಿಕೆಯನ್ನು ತೃಪ್ತಿಪಡಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದವು....