British Entertainment in the 16th century included art, fencing, painting, the stocks and even executions.
Despite the great breadth of advancements in the arts during this time, the economic conditions of this period affected the types of entertainment available.
The nobility could commission artisans to entertain them with works of art, music and theatre (Kareti, 1997).
In 1563, Lawrence Humphrey praised the five classic sports of Greece for the nobility – "whirling, leaping, casting the darte, wrestling, running" and derided "dauncing, fayninge to instrumentes, playe at dise, chesse, or tennes.
"[2] The middle class of merchants, wrights, inn keepers and the like, would occasionally enjoy the fine arts, for example the theater.