tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14789283.post3377433978449050107..comments2008-05-14T20:59:54.483+10:00michael jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15379361601019023165noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14789283.post-3167172249930559162008-05-14T20:59:00.000+10:002008-05-14T20:59:00.000+10:00for explicitly religious and for moral reasons. <BR/><BR/>The pagan theatre was associated with worship of certain gods... and it was held by Augustine and others to be a conduit of vice and a sinkhole of iniquity. Kinda like TV today...michael jensenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15379361601019023165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14789283.post-91028741578191954252008-05-14T20:58:00.000+10:002008-05-14T20:58:00.000+10:00Hi Mike,<BR/><BR/>Do you know why Augustine takes such a dislike to the theatre? The Puritans opposition to the theatre in Shakespeare's time is always being used as a reason why they were the bad guys & uncivilised.Roger Gallaghernoreply@blogger.com