Shakespeare's Theatres and the Effects of Performance

The volume is a useful touchstone for scholars working on the senses, as well as being an authoritative introduction to the possible reception of the plays in early modern theatres -- Johann Gregory, University of East Anglia, UK * Notes and Queries *
This collection's successful three-part structure ... investigates the fabric of early modern theatre-houses, the technologies of staging bodies and drama's evocation of the senses. The wonderfully diverse range of subjects brings this all to life. -- Eleanor Decamp * Around the Globe *
With the opening of another reconstructed (or ‘reimagined’) early modern theatre in the Sam Wanamaker playhouse, and continued experimentation around the performance and practice of early modern drama more generally, this is a timely and thought-provoking volume about how the companies enacted and produced theatrical effects... -- Eoin Price, Eleanor Collins, Helen F. Smith, Chloe Preedy And Jem Bloomfield * Year's Work in English Studies *
All the essays in this collection heighten our perception of the differences between early modern and contemporary theatrical spaces, conventions, and cultures. They provide an insightful account of early modern theater that both facilitates and complicates attempts to recreate early modern plays in the spirit and practice of their Elizabethan counterparts. * Shakespeare Newsletter *