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