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Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls (1846–1847). The original tale became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London legend.
- British
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (often referred to simply as Sweeney Todd) is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. It is based on the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond .
- Stephen Sondheim
- Hugh Wheeler
- Sweeney Todd, by Christopher Bond
- Stephen Sondheim
Dec 21, 2007 · Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. The legendary tale of a barber who returns from wrongful imprisonment to 1840s London, bent on revenge for the rape and death of his wife, and resumes his trade while forming a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett.
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- Drama, Horror, Musical
- Tim Burton
- 2007-12-21
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 2007 musical slasher film directed by Tim Burton from a screenplay by John Logan, based on the stage musical of the same name by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, which in turn is based on the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond.
- $153.4 million
- Stephen Sondheim
- $50 million
In The String of Pearls we learn that Sweeney Todd is a barber whose shop is on Fleet Street in London. The story is based in 1785 and concerns the disappearance of an English mariner, Lieutenant Thornhill. Thornhill was last seen entering Todd’s barber shop.
Dec 21, 2007 · Sweeney Todd has been transformed from a sorrowful Victorian barber into a hollow-eyed ghoul with silly hair. Tobias is not an intellectually-disabled 20-year-old, but a sharp and spunky preteen...
Sep 12, 1982 · 3.9K. YOUR RATING. Rate. Drama Horror Musical. Barber Sweeney Todd returns to London to uncover the past, along the way meeting pie shop owner Mrs. Nellie Lovett, and begins to start his life of crime. Director. Terry Hughes. Writers. Hugh Wheeler. Christopher Bond. Stars. Angela Lansbury. George Hearn. Cris Groenendaal.
