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....
किलन यांनी लिहिले: “दुसऱ्‍या व तिसऱ्‍या शतकात प्रत्येक मोठ्या शहरातील मनोरंजनगृह आकर्षणाचे केंद्र होते; आणि येथे अभिनय करणारे सहसा अतिशय चारित्र्यहीन असले तरीसुद्धा त्यांच्या अभिनयकृती त्या कालाखंडातील लोकांच्या हीन वासना सदैव पुऱ्‍या करत होत्या....