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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sweeney_Todd:_The_DemonSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - Wikipedia

    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 .

  2. thetheatretimes.com › sweeney-todd-not-a-demon-butSweeney Todd: Not a Demon, But a Barber of Fleet Street

    Sep 24, 2023 · Up to the present moment a debate has been going on – whether the demon-barber of Fleet Street had a real-life prototype. For the very first time, a character under the name of Sweeney Todd appeared in the series of Penny Dreadful stories written by Thomas Peckett Prest in 1846.

  3. www.imdb.com › title › tt0408236Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007) - IMDb

    Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Directed by Tim Burton. With Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall. 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 ...

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  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Sweeney_Todd:_The_DemonSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)

    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.

  6. www.themoviedb.org › movie › 13885Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007)

    Dec 20, 2007 · The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.

  7. www.encyclopedia.com › arts › educational-magazinesSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

    In 1830, George Dibden-Pitt penned the story of the fictitious "Sweeney Todd," which was published in a London "penny dreadful," similar to today's tabloids. Like the present day version, this story followed a mad barber who slit his customers' throats before his landlady baked them into pies.

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  9. www.starburstmagazine.com › reviews › sweeney-toddSWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET

    Broadly, Sweeney Todd is a barber, and from his shop on Fleet Street, he begins murdering his clients, whilst his downstairs neighbour, Mrs Lovett, turns said victims into pies. So far, so standard horror.