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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].  
 
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).  
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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.
 
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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== The original text ==
 
== The original text ==
  
''[[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)].   
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''[[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)].   
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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.
  
The play opened at the Adelphi Theatre, London, in October of . and at the Bower5y 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.
 
 
==Translations and adaptations==
 
==Translations and adaptations==
  
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard
 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard
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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]
  
 
[[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

Latest revision as of 05:21, 8 May 2020

Jack Sheppard can refer to the name of a historical character featured in a number of works, as well the title of such works, notably plays, based on his life.

Jack Sheppard the character

The story of the infamous British thief and jailbreaker Jack Sheppard[1] is well known and has led to numerous literary and theatrical works, including a novel called Jack Sheppard[2] by William Harrison Ainsworth (1805-1882) [3], 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)[4].

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.

Jack Sheppard a drama in four acts by J.B. Buckstone

The original text

Jack Sheppard is also the name of drama in four acts by John Baldwin Buckstone (1802-1879)[5], based on Ainsworth's novel of the same name[6].

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

Performance history in South Africa

1876: Performed in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck and company on 29 July, with a company that included J.B. Howe and Miss G. Robertson, besides Roebuck himself.

1876: Performed again in the Athenaeum Hall, Cape Town, by Disney Roebuck and company on 1 August, this time with an afterpiece, The Bushranger (Anon.)

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard_(novel)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Sheppard

Facsimile version of the 1853 edition by Samuel French, Google E-book[7]

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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