It did not mention the private lives of actors because Kido did not have any private relationship with actors as a play critic, not even visiting their backstage rooms, a fact which did not change after he started to write plays, including with Sadanji the Second.
綺堂は劇評家時代から俳優とは私的な付き合いはせず、楽屋へも出入りしないで、劇作に携わって以降も二代目左團次も含めてそれは変わらなかったため、内容には俳優の私生活には及ばないものとなっている。