Marin Držić is the originator of erudite comedy when it comes to Croatian literature. The elements of erudite comedy are demonstrated through the organisation of the stage, composition, division of the ranks and scenes, the way of conducting dialogue, type of humor, but above all through a wide variety of typified characters such as: stingy old men, braggarts, a young man in love, servants, the prodigal son and courtesans. The plots of Držić's books are usually structured around drama conflicts such as male-female, young-old, village-town which are intricately woven and complemented and, because of that, the characters are also adapted to those oppositions. His comedies are set in Dubrovnik and its hinterland, Rome and Kotor. Not only that erudite types in his books are the characters of Dubrovnik citizens, Držić also includes the citizens of Kotor, Lopud, Korčula and many others as the characters. The books of Držić function as a stable representation of the society of the time despite its strong literariness and comic conventionality. Comic space and characters, despite its poetic markedness, could attract viewers only if they could perceive the world of the stage as a special theatrical reality related to a world they know and people around them.