Why were early English plays moved from churches to inns?

English plays were
moved from production in churches to production in inns for a couple different
reasons.

First, churches were relatively limited in space. As the interest
in the plays produced in the churches began to grow, the church, itself, became unable to
accommodate the growing number of people. The only accommodations the church could make was to
move the productions outside of the church. This brought about new problems. Some of the sacred
grounds of the church, namely the graves, were being desecrated by people standing
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