While theatre as an artwork now is frequently perceived as "superior tradition," it was seriously decried throughout the the vast majority of the 1000s (view only changed in the late 1800/early 1900s) as a resource of the Devil which would inspire violence, make persons stupid, take them from their get the job done, lead to foreign playwrights invading various nations and-horror of horrors-expose audiences to ladies, who, while usually not.