page_title: Little Jack Sheppard
section_title: Roles and original cast
hierarchical_section_title: Little Jack Sheppard / Roles and original cast
caption_attribution_description: Poster for Edinburgh production of Little Jack Sheppard. 'Jack Sheppard'. The celebrated Gaiety Burlesque. Monday, August 23 - Six nights only. Caption: 'Miss Nellie Farren as Jack Sheppard' and 'Mr Fred Leslie as Jonathan Wild'. Printed by Clement-Smith &amp; Co[mpan]y, Lithographer, London. Published June 18, 1885, by Clement-Smith &amp; Co[mpan]y, 317 Strand.
context_page_description: Little Jack Sheppard is a burlesque melodrama written by Henry Pottinger Stephens and William Yardley, with music by Meyer Lutz, with songs contributed by Florian Pascal, Corney Grain, Arthur Cecil, Michael Watson, Henry J. Leslie, Alfred Cellier and Hamilton Clarke. The comedy lampooned the serious plays based on the life of Jack Sheppard, especially the popular 1839 play by John Buckstone, which was in turn based on the novel of that year by William Harrison Ainsworth.
  The piece opened at the Gaiety Theatre in London on 26 December 1885 and initially ran for 155 performances. It featured Nellie Farren as Jack Sheppard, Fred Leslie as Jonathan Wild, David James as Blueskin. Marion Hood and Sylvia Grey. Other cast members included Willie Warde, who also choreographed the dances. The piece was presented in the U.S. and Australia in 1886 and was given revivals and extensive tours in Britain for nearly a decade.
context_section_description: The original cast was as follows:
  Jack Sheppard – Nellie Farren
  Thames Darrell – Mathilde Wadman
  Blueskin – David James
  Jonathan Wild – Fred Leslie
  Sir Rowland Trenchard – Mr. Odell
  Abraham Mendez – F. Wood
  Mr. Kneebone – Willie Warde
  Mr. Wood – Mr. Guise
  Captain Cuff – Emily Duncan
  Shotbolt – Miss Ross
  Marvel – Miss Raines
  Ireton – Emily Robina
  Quilt Arnold – Miss Handley
  Little Gog – Miss Pearce
  Little Magog – Miss Tyler
  Mrs. Sheppard – Harriet Coveney
  Winifred Wood – Marion Hood
  Edgworth Bess – Bessie Sanson
  Polly Stanmore – Sylvia Grey
  Kitty Kettleby – Miss Eunice
  Chorus of Peasants, Janissaries, Blueboys, Jacobites, Bridesmaids and Soldiers
caption: Poster for Edinburgh production
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