European theater began in Rome.

One of the most prominent person who opposed theater was Queen Elizabeth I.

Ballet developed and flourished from Italy to France with the help of Catherine de' Medici, (Queen of France).

During the Baroque period, the theater was richly decorated, and the multiplicity of plot turns and a variety of situations characteristic of Mannerism (a variety of approaches or intellectual sophistication as well as using artificial qualities of the play) were succeeded by the opera.

Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text called a libreto, and with the absence of a musical score

Victor Marie Hugo is considered as one of the greatest and best known French writer.

The concept of decorum (meaning right and proper audience behavior was applied in the Renaissance Period.

The main concept of the Neoclassical plays were to entertain and teach lesson.

During the Renaissance, theater performances were not allowed throughout Europe.