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The musical was based on Christopher Bond's 1970 play Sweeney Todd, which introduced a psychological backstory and motivation to Todd's crimes. In Bond's reincarnation of the character, Todd was the victim of a ruthless judge, who exiled him to Australia and raped his young wife, driving her mad.
Synopsis. One of the darkest musicals ever written, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is the unsettling tale of a Victorian-era barber who returns home to London after fifteen years of exile to take revenge on the corrupt judge who ruined his life.
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.
May 31, 2019 · In Sweeney Todd, Sondheim, writing at the height of his powers, makes us anticipate almost every second of the show that something scary is about to happen.
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.
He attended British actor Christopher Bond’s play about the 19th-century serial killer Sweeney Todd and was inspired to turn it into “A Musical Thriller.” He subsequently categorized it as “a dark operetta,” but also called it “a movie for the stage.”
In 1979, Stephen Sondheim wrote and produced Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street as a two act Broadway musical starring Len Cariou and Angela Lansbury. The musical won multiple awards, including the Tony for Best Musical and was praised for its themes of [8]
