In the article “Contraband” it is mentioned a couple times that the actors tried very hard to become unrecognizable, in order to avoid being shamed outside of their performances. This made me wonder, if oral traditions were all that these people had to pass along their stories and history (which is what these plays were based on), then why weren’t these actors viewed more favorably? Was the shame simply because they were going around asking for money for the performances or was it just frowned upon entirely to be an storyteller at that time?