I'll bet Shakespeare compromised himself a lot; anybody who's in the entertainment industry does to some extent.

" Convicted of "reciprocal onanism" he was sentenced to six months in prison a year of state labor and two years of compulsory military service. (1996)
Jacob's Hands: A Fable (1997) originally co-written with Aldous Huxley
Lost Years: A Memoir 1945–1951 Katherine Bucknell ed. White eds.