Talk:Highwayman

message: I added Beggar's Opera (the origin of Macheath), but I question whether he was a highwayman. In Brecht's treatment (and I believe in John Gay's) he's a specifically urban criminal. -- Jmabel 23:29, 7 Jan 2004 (UTC)
replies: text: Great! Then I inadvertantly made this more relevant by referring to the original! -- Jmabel 23:19, 9 Jan 2004 (UTC)
thread_title: beggars opera

message: Regarding this recently added list:
:Film
:*Devilwood (2006)
:*Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
:*The Wicked Lady (1983)
:*The Little Convict (1979)
:*Return of the Seven (1966)
:*Captain Lightfoot (1955)
:*The Beggar's Opera (1953)
:*The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
:*Forever Amber (1947)
:*Don't Fence Me In (1945)
:*The Wicked Lady (1945)
:TV
:*The Lady and the Highwayman (1989)
:*The Begger's Opera (1983)
:*Dick Turpin (1979-1982)
I don't know anything about these films but I assume they have some connection to highwaymen. A bare list of films is open ended, anyone could add any film they wanted. What is needed is historical context or description on why these films are notable in the context of highwaymen. Is there some way each could have a sentence or paragraph saying why they are notable in the context of highwaymen? -- Stbalbach 14:25, 17 November 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Most of these I don't know much about. Dick Turpin was one of the most famous highwaymen. John Gay's Beggar's Opera is the origin of the fictional Macheath. - Jmabel | Talk 07:33, 19 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Movies and TV

message: in other countries these included hajduk, honghuzi and various others. Why Category:Highwaymen so UK-centric? Or do we need another category like "horse mounted robbers" or something?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Watcher (talk • contribs) 01:25, 15 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Can we classify non-UK mounted robbers in Category:Highwaymen? 

message: In the film Archibald Cunningham acted as a highwayman when he robbed and murdered Alan MacDonald. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_Roy_(film)
24.211.242.85 (talk) 01:03, 14 September 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Highwayman in Rob Roy? 

message: I'm American, and don't know that much about the history of the Wild West, but I've watched a lot of Westerns, and I've head "Highwaymen" a lot but I've never heard them called "road agents". Can anyone clarify this?Editfromwithout (talk) 07:13, 5 June 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Road agents

message: The description of Thuggee is supported by a reference to what looks like Holocaust denial literature. That's worrysome, but I'm just putting a note here for the moment.
Anniepoo (talk) 22:18, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Thuggee 

message: This story is currently circulating involving asset seizure by rogue cops in the Nevada desert. Is the practice truly dead in the US? I'm not sure how to integrate it into the article, though. -- ScratchMonkey (talk) 06:36, 11 February 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  Modern day 

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message: you're the last person still around (sigh) so pinging you. There were a number.  If I had time I'd write an article about Susan Higges. Doug Weller talk 10:48, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: Not sure why you are telling me what you'd write an article about if you had time. - Jmabel | Talk 15:14, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
replies: text: That really wasn't the point, I'm just mentioning the fact that there were real highwaywoman with sources and that's not in the article. If you aren't interested no problem, hopefully someone might see this at some point. Doug Weller talk 15:17, 4 April 2024 (UTC)
thread_title:  Real Highwaywomen