This paper will point out the importance Gundulić’s melodramas which are extremely important for his future literary work. We concentrated on the Baroque period and the development of theater in Dubrovnik. We studied the effect of the Jesuits who opened the first theater and entered a new world in the life of Dubrovnik. With the advent of the Jesuits and the influence of Italian authors, enriched theDubrovnik stage. They introduced the special effects, costumes and, most importantly, music. New components in Dubrovnik Theatre is the emergence of melodrama and its impact on Gundulića. His entire oeuvre is basedon the translation of the librettos of Italian’s authors and his dramas. His melodramas helped him to build himself as a poet, to become agile and to write his Dubravka, which is extremely important for the understanding the political situation in Dubrovnik during Gundulić’s life.