The book is dedicated to one of the characteristic features of the Renaissance culture - the important role of theater and various forms of theatricalization that are used in public and political life, literature, art and other types of creativity. Much attention is paid to the specifics of theatricality in the works of the largest writers of the Renaissance. It also covers the theatricalization of festivities, political events, its significance in state and religious methods of propaganda, the influence on the mentality of the public from various social strata. The collection is illustrated by the works of masters of the Renaissance. For historians, literary scholars, philosophers, art historians, culturologists, theater experts and for everyone interested in the history of world culture.