Sarah Dustagheer is Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at the School of English, University of Kent, Canterbury. She has delivered public talks at the National Theatre, the Royal Opera House and The Marlowe Theatre. She is also a member of Shakespeare's Globe Architecture Research Group, tasked with advising on the maintenance of the Globe and the construction of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

'With its emphasis on the experience of playgoing in early modern London and its sensitivity to spatial dynamics, this is an exciting and eminently readable contribution to theatre history, which will go straight onto my students' reading lists.' Pascale Aebischer, University of Exeter

• Introduction; 1. Social space; 2. Urban space; 3. Playing space; 4. Haunted space; Conclusion.

Sarah Dustagheer is Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at the School of English, University of Kent, Canterbury. She has delivered public talks at the National Theatre, the Royal Opera House and The Marlowe Theatre. She is also a member of Shakespeare's Globe Architecture Research Group, tasked with advising on the maintenance of the Globe and the construction of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

'With its emphasis on the experience of playgoing in early modern London and its sensitivity to spatial dynamics, this is an exciting and eminently readable contribution to theatre history, which will go straight onto my students' reading lists.' Pascale Aebischer, University of Exeter

• Introduction; 1. Social space; 2. Urban space; 3. Playing space; 4. Haunted space; Conclusion.

Sarah Dustagheer is Lecturer in Early Modern Literature at the School of English, University of Kent, Canterbury. She has delivered public talks at the National Theatre, the Royal Opera House and The Marlowe Theatre. She is also a member of Shakespeare's Globe Architecture Research Group, tasked with advising on the maintenance of the Globe and the construction of the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse.

'With its emphasis on the experience of playgoing in early modern London and its sensitivity to spatial dynamics, this is an exciting and eminently readable contribution to theatre history, which will go straight onto my students' reading lists.' Pascale Aebischer, University of Exeter

• Introduction; 1. Social space; 2. Urban space; 3. Playing space; 4. Haunted space; Conclusion.