He needed high office to gain the requisite influence, and being known as a dramatist, an allegedly low-class profession, would have impeded his prospects (see stigma of print). Realising that play-acting was used by the ancients "as a means of educating men's minds to virtue", and being "strongly addicted to the theatre" himself, he is claimed to have set out the otherwise-unpublished moral philosophical component of his Great Instauration project in the Shakespearean oeuvre.
He required high office to acquire the necessary influence, and being recognized as a playwright, an allegedly low-class profession, would have hindered his prospects (see stigma of print). Realizing that acting was used by the ancients "as a means of educating men's minds to virtue", and being "strongly addicted to the theatre" himself, he is claimed to have incorporated the otherwise-unpublished moral philosophical component of his Great Instauration project into the Shakespearean oeuvre.