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Jack Sheppard, Prison-Breaker
Stuff You Missed in History Class
The Idiot of the Fox by Georgie Rosenberg
Because he was described as such a physically slight man, he was often played by women. In an era when child labor laws kept children working as actors, it was pretty common for women to hold the role of principal boyan. Jack shepherd's popularity started to wane at the very end of the nineteenth century, but he still shows up from time to time. Bertold brecht's 19 28 threepenny opera was adapted from the beggar's opera, which, as we noted, was inspired by shepard and his circle. And in the 20 18 novel, confessions of the fox by georgie rosenberg, jack is re imagined as a transgender man.
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