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 The story of the infamous British thief and jailbreaker '''Jack Sheppard'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard] is well known and has led to numerous literary and theatrical works, including  a novel called ''[[Jack Sheppard]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard_(novel)] by William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harrison_Ainsworth], first published serially published in ''Bentley's Miscellany'' from January 1839 to 1840, with a well-known series of illustrations by  George Cruikshank (1792-1878)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cruikshank].
-Among the many plays based on the character are ''[[Harlequin Sheppard]]'', a pantomime by John Thurmond (1724), ''The Prison-Breaker'', ''[[The Quaker's Opera]]'' (performed at Bartholomew Fair in 1725 and 1728), John Gay's ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'' (1728), ''[[Jack Sheppard, The Housebreaker, or London in 1724]]'' by W. T. Moncrieff (1825), ''[[Jack Sheppard]]'' by J.B. Buckstone (1839),  ''[[Little Jack Sheppard]]'' by Henry Pottinger Stephens and William Yardley (1886) and Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' (1928).
+Among the many plays based on the character are ''[[Harlequin Sheppard]]'', a pantomime by John Thurmond (1724), ''The Prison-Breaker'', ''[[The Quaker's Opera]]'' (performed at Bartholomew Fair in 1725 and 1728), famously of John Gay's ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'' (1728), ''[[Jack Sheppard, The Housebreaker, or London in 1724]]'' by W. T. Moncrieff (1825), ''[[Jack Sheppard]]'' by J.B. Buckstone (1839),  ''[[Little Jack Sheppard]]'' by Henry Pottinger Stephens and William Yardley (1886) and Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' (1928).
 A number of them have been performed in South Africa. To see details (and lists of  and South African performances) of plays with other titles under the appropriate entries.

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	Facsimile version of the 1853 edition by [[Samuel French]], Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Jack_Sheppard.html?id=zapC0QQ5EAkC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false]		Facsimile version of the 1853 edition by [[Samuel French]], Google E-book[https://books.google.co.za/books/about/Jack_Sheppard.html?id=zapC0QQ5EAkC&printsec=frontcover&source=kp_read_button&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false]

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-''[[Jack Sheppard]]'' is also the name of a drama in four acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone], based on Ainsworth's novel of the same name[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard_(novel)].
+''[[Jack Sheppard]]'' is also the name of drama in four acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone], based on Ainsworth's novel of the same name[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard_(novel)].
-The play opened at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in October of 1840 and at the Bowery Theatre New York in November of 1853. The text was first published in 1840 and published as No LIII of ''French's Minor Drama'' (edited by F.C. Wemyss) by [[Samuel French]] in 1853.
+The play opened at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in October of 1839 and became an extraordinary success for the playwright. It later played at the Bowery Theatre New York in November of 1853. The text was first published in 1840 and again as No LIII of ''French's Minor Drama'' (edited by F.C. Wemyss) by [[Samuel French]] in 1853.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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 ''[[Jack Sheppard]]'' is also the name of a drama in four acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone], based on Ainsworth's novel of the same name[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard_(novel)].
-The play opened at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in October of . and at the Bowery Theatre New York in November of 1853
+The play opened at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in October of 1840 and at the Bowery Theatre New York in November of 1853. The text was first published in 1840 and published as No LIII of ''French's Minor Drama'' (edited by F.C. Wemyss) by [[Samuel French]] in 1853.
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 ''[[Jack Sheppard]]'' is also the name of a drama in four acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Baldwin_Buckstone], based on Ainsworth's novel of the same name[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard_(novel)].
-The play opened at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in October of . and at the Bower5y Theatre New York in November of 1853
+The play opened at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in October of . and at the Bowery Theatre New York in November of 1853
-The text, edited by , was published as No LIII of French's Minor Drama (edit by F.C. Wemyss) by Samuel French in 1853.
+The text was first published in 1840 and published as No LIII of ''French's Minor Drama'' (edited by F.C. Wemyss) by [[Samuel French]] in 1853.
 ==Translations and adaptations==

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	[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 341, 346, 348-9, 351		[[F.C.L. Bosman]]. 1980. ''Drama en Toneel in Suid-Afrika, Deel II, 1856-1912''. Pretoria: [[J.L. van Schaik]]: pp. 341, 346, 348-9, 351

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 =Jack Sheppard the character=
-The story of the infamous British thief and jailbreaker '''Jack Sheppard'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard] is well known and has led to numerous literary and theatrical works, including  a novel called ''[[Jack Sheppard]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard_(novel)] by William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harrison_Ainsworth], first published serially published in Bentley's Miscellany from 1839 to 1840, with a well-known series of illustrations by  George Cruikshank (1792-1878)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cruikshank].
+The story of the infamous British thief and jailbreaker '''Jack Sheppard'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard] is well known and has led to numerous literary and theatrical works, including  a novel called ''[[Jack Sheppard]]''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard_(novel)] by William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Harrison_Ainsworth], first published serially published in ''Bentley's Miscellany'' from January 1839 to 1840, with a well-known series of illustrations by  George Cruikshank (1792-1878)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cruikshank].
 Among the many plays based on the character are ''[[Harlequin Sheppard]]'', a pantomime by John Thurmond (1724), ''The Prison-Breaker'', ''[[The Quaker's Opera]]'' (performed at Bartholomew Fair in 1725 and 1728), John Gay's ''[[The Beggar's Opera]]'' (1728), ''[[Jack Sheppard, The Housebreaker, or London in 1724]]'' by W. T. Moncrieff (1825), ''[[Jack Sheppard]]'' by J.B. Buckstone (1839),  ''[[Little Jack Sheppard]]'' by Henry Pottinger Stephens and William Yardley (1886) and Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's ''[[The Threepenny Opera]]'' (1928).