구한말 개화 이후 관노가 없어진지 수십 년이 지났음에도 불구하고 관노가면극이라고 호칭함으로써 그들의 신분이 공개되었고, 따라서 연희를 기피했던 것이다.
After the modernization in the late Korean Empire, even though the decades had already passed since the governmental slave system was abolished, their status was disclosed by calling them "Gwanno (Governmental Slaves) Masquerade Show", therefore people avoided the play.