Provider: World Shakespeare Bibliography https://www.worldshakesbib.org Database: WSB Content: text/plain; charset="utf-8" TY - JOUR VL - 72 IS - 3 T2 - Essays in Criticism SP - 269-299 ID - bbbl2525 T1 - "Ballads and Product Placement in the Time of Shakespeare" AU - Stern, Tiffany PY - 2022 DA - 2026 DO - 10.1093/escrit/cgac023 KW - ballad LA - English AB - Explores connections between ballads and plays in early modern period. Considers ballads used and written by Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. Studies ballad-jigs performed in plays, including Midsummer Night’s Dream, and discuses ballad-jigs performed by clowns such as Robert Tarleton. Notes authorship of ballads by William Kemp and Robert Armin, clowns from Shakespeare’s theater company. Examines sale of printed ballads outside playhouses by marginalized vendors. ER -