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The Last Days of Jack Sheppard
The Last Days of Jack Sheppard

THE LAST DAYS OF JACK SHEPPARD

Directed by Anja Kirschner, David Panos
United Kingdom, 2009
Avant-Garde, History

Synopsis

The Last Days of Jack Sheppard is based on the inferred prison encounters between the 18th century criminal Jack Sheppard and Daniel Defoe, ghostwriter of Sheppard’s ‘autobiography’. It traces the connections between representation, speculation and the discourses of high and low culture.

Synopsis

The Last Days of Jack Sheppard is based on the inferred prison encounters between the 18th century criminal Jack Sheppard and Daniel Defoe, ghostwriter of Sheppard’s ‘autobiography’. It traces the connections between representation, speculation and the discourses of high and low culture.