# Jack Ketch — The Beggar’s Opera character guide

> Jack Ketch in The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0017-scene-v-the-condemned-hold

## Who they are

The hangman, appears in the condemned hold.

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