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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 .

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  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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 ...

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

    During a visit to the marketplace, Todd denounces a fraudulent hair tonic by faux-Italian barber Adolfo Pirelli (Sacha Baron Cohen), and humiliates him in a public shaving contest, winning £5 and gaining the attention of Beadle Bamford.

  7. musicaltheatrereview.com › sweeney-todd-the-demonSweeney Todd The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – London School ...

    Apr 30, 2024 · Sweeney Todd The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street, performed by students from the London School of Musical Theatre at the Bridewell Theatre, London, continues until 3 May 2024. Star rating: five stars ★ ★ ★ ★ ★

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  9. www.theskinny.co.uk › theatre › interviewsSweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street | The Skinny

    It is often said that this old story of a barber and a straight razor is fictional (as Sondheim's musical declares itself to be), but the foundation of truth underlying the story has been uncovered in recent years. Sweeney Todd was in fact a real person, born into 18th century London.