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Little Jack Sheppard is a Victorian London burlesque melodrama written by Henry Pottinger Stephens and William Yardley and produced in 1885. It parodies popular stage treatments of Jack Sheppard, an eighteenth-century English thief whose prison escapes had already become the subject of plays and other popular works. The piece is of interest to readers studying nineteenth-century theatre, theatrical satire, and the London burlesque tradition.
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How good is Little Jack Sheppard?
Little Jack Sheppard scores 6.13/10 (Fair) on Lunoo, making it rated in the Burlesque category.
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