Entertainment During The Renaissance Coming out of the dark ages was a bright and hopeful time. A lot of people were bored and searching for all sorts of things, one of them being entertainment. Entertainment played a major role in renaissance times. People were inspired and experimented with entertainment. How did entertainment in the renaissance times influence people? and what were the different types of entertainment? Theater became a great and popular way of entertainment in the Sixteenth century. It was approximated by Sarah Howarth, that about 15,000 people packed the theater in London, a week.(21) All the different countries were