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- Sweeney_Todd abstract "Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the murderer of the Victorian penny dreadful The String of Pearls (1846–47). He appeared in the British film, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936). In 1973, he was introduced as an antihero when English playwright Christopher Bond retold the Victorian tale, which formed the basis of the 1979 musical and its 2007 film adaptation of the same name. Claims that Sweeney Todd was a historical person are strongly disputed by scholars, although possible legendary prototypes exist.In the original version of the tale, Todd is a barber who dispatches his victims by pulling a lever as they sit in his barber chair. His victims fall backward down a revolving trapdoor into the basement of his shop, generally causing them to break their necks or skulls. In case they are alive, Todd goes to the basement and "polishes them off" (slitting their throats with his straight razor). In some adaptations, the murdering process is reversed, with Todd slitting his customers' throats before dispatching them into the basement via the revolving trapdoor. After Todd has robbed his dead victims of their goods, Mrs. Lovett, his partner in crime (in some later versions, his friend and/or lover), assists him in disposing of the bodies by baking their flesh into meat pies and selling them to the unsuspecting customers of her pie shop. Todd's barber shop is situated at 186 Fleet Street, London, next to St. Dunstan's church, and is connected to Mrs. Lovett's pie shop in nearby Bell Yard by means of an underground passage. In most versions of the story, he and Mrs. Lovett hire an unwitting orphan boy, Tobias Ragg, to serve the pies to customers.The tale became a staple of Victorian melodrama. It was the subject of a 1959 ballet by English composer Sir Malcolm Arnold and, in 1979, a Tony award-winning Broadway musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. The musical was adapted for the screen in 2007 as a musical film, directed by Tim Burton, written by John Logan, Hugh Wheeler, Christopher Bond and starring Johnny Depp.".
- Sweeney_Todd alias "Benjamin Barker".
- Sweeney_Todd alias "The Demon Barber of Fleet Street".
- Sweeney_Todd creator James_Malcolm_Rymer.
- Sweeney_Todd creator Thomas_Peckett_Prest.
- Sweeney_Todd occupation Barber.
- Sweeney_Todd occupation Serial_killer.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Alun_Armstrong.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Ben_Kingsley.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Bob_Gunton.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Brian_Stokes_Mitchell.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Bryn_Terfel.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Dave_Willetts.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer David_Hess.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Denis_Quilley.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer George_Hearn.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Johnny_Depp.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Kelsey_Grammer.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Len_Cariou.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Michael_Ball_(singer).
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Michael_Cerveris.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Ray_Winstone.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Thomas_Allen_(baritone).
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Timothy_Nolen.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer Tod_Slaughter.
- Sweeney_Todd spouse Lucy_Barker.
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- Sweeney_Todd alias "Benjamin Barker".
- Sweeney_Todd alias "The Demon Barber of Fleet Street".
- Sweeney_Todd caption "Tod Slaughter as Sweeney Todd, 1936 film".
- Sweeney_Todd child(ren)_ Johanna_(character).
- Sweeney_Todd child(ren)_ "None in original version".
- Sweeney_Todd creator James_Malcolm_Rymer.
- Sweeney_Todd creator "Thomas Peckett Prest".
- Sweeney_Todd debut "Penny dreadful serial titled The String of Pearls".
- Sweeney_Todd gender "Male".
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- Sweeney_Todd name "Sweeney Todd".
- Sweeney_Todd occupation Barber.
- Sweeney_Todd occupation Serial_killer.
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Alun Armstrong".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Ben Kingsley".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Bob Gunton".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Brian Stokes Mitchell".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Bryn Terfel ( )".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Dave Willetts ( )".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "David Hess".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Denis Quilley".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "George Hearn".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Johnny Depp".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Kelsey Grammer".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Len Cariou".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Michael Ball".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Michael Cerveris".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Paul Hegarty".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Ray Winstone".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Thomas Allen ( )".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Timothy Nolen ( )".
- Sweeney_Todd portrayer "Tod Slaughter".
- Sweeney_Todd spouse Lucy_Barker.
- Sweeney_Todd spouse "None in original version".
- Sweeney_Todd subject Category:Cannibalism_in_fiction.
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- Sweeney_Todd comment "Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the murderer of the Victorian penny dreadful The String of Pearls (1846–47). He appeared in the British film, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1936). In 1973, he was introduced as an antihero when English playwright Christopher Bond retold the Victorian tale, which formed the basis of the 1979 musical and its 2007 film adaptation of the same name.".
- Sweeney_Todd label "Sweeney Todd (personaggio)".
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