Jack Sheppard, alias by John Shepherd (* 1702 in London; "† 16 November 1724 ebda.), was a notorious English robber, burglar and a thief early 18. Century in London.

Life

Sheppard was just as famous for its crimes as for its many successful attempts to extract itself from the arm of the justice. Its repeated escape actions contributed to the fall "of the of Great Britain and Ireland ", Jonathan game, a schillernden large criminal with civil double life.

Jack Sheppard, whose first name read actually "John "and who alternatively also called itself "Gentleman Jack "or "Jack the LOD "(dt. "Bur Jack "), was born as a son of a Londoner of carpenter in the White' s Row in the Londoner quarter Spitalfields in the year 1702. Although its father already deceased in his childhood, and he its youth in a work house to spend had, learned he the joiner's trade likewise. However it came already soon into bad society and began to supplement its daily wages around the booty from a set from break-downs and thefts to.

It was locked up several times, but it succeeded to Sheppard to escape from the pc. Giles prison by sawing itself by a timber ceiling, and he did not flee 1724 less than three times from the feared new gate prison.

With the first time it filed its chains through, bored a hole by the wall and climbed at bedlinen to the ground down. With the second escape on 30 August 1724 - it was already condemned to death - cut it a thorn from Besucherfenster.Obgleich it with the third time into a safety cell, mentioned "the Castle ", closed became, succeeded it to it assistance of a nail on 14 October 1724 to open its chains and with a steel-pipe, which served otherwise for closing a fire-place, it broke by doors and walls. Again use it a blanket, in order to reach the roof of a close building. From there it could escape.

Long Sheppard its liberty could enjoy only two weeks. Not its untiring hunter Jonathan game finally brought it to the distance, but its slope to the alcohol and to the Angeberei. With a Sauftour by the Drury Lane it was recognized and betrayed. It planned still still another last escape, but a prison attendant found the Taschenmesser, with which he wanted to probably cut through its cords on the way to the Galgen. But in addition it did not come any longer.

Tipzy one by strong beverages, which the public handed him, pulled Sheppard on 16 November 1724 with a merry Prozession by London to the Galgen of Tyburn, where today the Oxford Street is. 200,000 humans are to have watched its Before the drunk Delinquent gave still another launige farewell speech. On the Kirchhof of pc. Martin in the Fields found the escapee king its last

Evaluations of literature

Sheppards self-willed "hero acts "were often worked on in novels, for stage and film:

• as the figure "Macheath "in John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera "(1728) and in "the three-groschen opera "(1928) from Bertolt break and Kurt Weill
• in a Melodram by William Thomas Moncrieff (* 1794; "† 1857) "Jack Sheppard, The Housebreaker or London in 1724 "(1825)
• in the novel "Jack Sheppard "(1839) of William Harrison Ainsworth (* 1805; "† 1882), that in the same year for a successful play of John Baldwin Buckstone (* 1802; "† 1879) and 1840 of Thomas Longdon Greenwood (* 1806; "† 1879 were adapted)
• in the English silent movie "Jack Sheppard "(1923), direction: Henry Cockraft Taylor; Main role: West wants
• in the biography "The road tons of Tyburn "(1957) of Christopher Hibbert (* 1924 in Leicestershire)
• in the English costume drama, "Where's "(1969), direction: James Clavell; Main role: Tommy Steele
• in the double biography "The Thieves' Opera "(1997) of Lucy of moorlands (* 1970) over Jonathan game and Jack Sheppard
• in Neal Stephensons three novels "of the Baroque Cycle "(see "baroque Trilogie ") (2003, 2004), in which the character was inspired "Jack Shaftoe "by events from the life Jack Sheppards.
• The British Produktionsgesellschaft FilmFour, which belongs to the television station Channel 4, announced in the year 2000 the film project "to Jack Sheppard and Jonathan game ". Benjamin Ross (* 1964 in London), which together with the TV-critic DAILY telegraph John Preston the film script had already written, was intended as a director. The main roles should play Tobey Maguire and Harvey Keitel. The film was not realized (so far).

Literature

• Ainsworth, William Harrison: Jack Sheppard. - Boston, measure.: IndyPublish.com, 2005 -, 488 S. - ISBN 1421957353 bind
• Bleackley, Horace William: Jack Sheppard"Â… With to epilogue on Jack Sheppard into literature and drama, A bibliography, A note on Jonathan game, and A memoir OF Horace Bleackley by S.M. Ellis. - Edinburgh and London: W. Hodge & CO, 1933. - XIV, 260 S.
• Buckstone, John Baldwin: Jack Sheppard, A drama in four acts. - London: To Chapman & resound, 1840. - 72 S.
• Fortescue, Lincoln: The Life and Adventures OF Jack Sheppard. - New one edition, with"Â… addition. Illustrated, etc. - London: James Cochrane, 1845. - VIII, 530 S.
• Hibbert, Christopher: The road tons of Tyburn: the story OF Jack Sheppard and the eighteenth century underworld. - London: Penguin, 2001. - kartoniert, 163 S. - (Classic history). - ISBN 0141390239
• Moorlands, Lucy:

Related links

• The new gate Calendar: Jack Sheppard: A Daring Housebreaker, who larva Ingenious Escapes from Prison and even tried tons foil his Executioner RK Tyburn on 16th OF November, 1724 (in English)
• "Jack Sheppard, Jail Breaker "out: Rictor Norton: Early Eighteenth Century new PAPER of report: A Sourcebook (in English)
• Kurzbiographie of Jack Sheppard out: Live OF The Most Remarkable Criminals: Who have been Condemned and Executed for Murder, the Highway, Housebreaking, Street Robberies, Coining or OTHER offences/edited by Arthur L. Hayward. - London: Routledge, 1927 (in English on www.gutenberg.org)
• Jack Sheppard out: Crimeculture.com: Rogue's gallery of Lee Horsley (Dozentin of the Lancaster University) and its daughter Katharine Horsley. (contains: Daniel Defoe: A Narrative OF all the Robberies, Escapes, &c. OF John Sheppard, London, 1724)
• William Harrison Ainsworth: '' Jack Sheppard: A Romance ''. - (complete English novel text on www.gutenberg.org)

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