English Renaissance theatre
The phrase "Elizabethan theatre" is sometimes used, improperly, to mean "English Renaissance theatre," although in a strict sense "Elizabethan" only refers to the period of Queen Elizabeth's reign (1558–1603). "English Renaissance theatre" may be said to encompass "Elizabethan theatre" from 1562 to 1603, "Jacobean theatre" from 1603 to 1625, and "Caroline theatre" from 1625 to 1642.