365–76. [2], Claims that Sweeney Todd was a historical person[3][4] are strongly disputed by scholars,[5][6][7] although possible legendary prototypes exist.[8]. ", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Sweeney_Todd&oldid=982742094, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Benjamin Barker (Bond play and musical version). "Tome of Terror: Horror Films of the Silent Era". [8] A plagiarised version of this book appeared in the United States c. 1852–1853 as Sweeney Todd: or the Ruffian Barber. Nevertheless, other researchers who have tried to verify his citations find nothing in these sources to back Haining's claims.[5][6][7]. 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 through the revolving trap door. 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. Benjamin Barker, later known as Sweeney Todd, is the main protagonist and title character of the Broadway musical and its film adaptation. Dezember 2007 an, in die deutschen Kinos kam er am 21. [8], Lloyd published another, lengthier, penny part serial from 1847–1848, with 92 episodes. "Fleet Street", a hard rock/heavy metal song by the Canadian band Fist (AKA "Myofist" in parts of Europe), released on their 1982 A&M Records album, "Demon Sweeney Todd," a song by British heavy metal band, "Sweaney G.O.D." A Tale of Terror of the Seas and the Mysteries of the City by "Captain Merry" (a pseudonym used by American author Harry Hazel, 1814–1889). sweeney todd killer moments scenes taken off DVD! It was in this alternative version of the tale, rather than the original, that Todd acquired his catchphrase: "I'll polish him off". [8], In 1865 the French novelist Paul H.C. Féval (1816–1887), famous as a writer of horror and crime novels and short stories, referred to what he called "L'Affaire de la Rue des Marmousets", in the introductory chapter to his book La Vampire. Sweeney Todd – Der teuflische Barbier aus der Fleet Street ist eine britisch-US-amerikanische, von Tim Burton inszenierte Verfilmung des gleichnamigen Broadway-Musicals aus dem Jahr 1979 von Stephen Sondheim.Die Hauptrolle des aus Rache mordenden Barbiers Sweeney Todd spielt Johnny Depp.Der Film lief in den US-Kinos am 21. The tale has been retold many times since in various media, most notably in the Tony award–winning Broadway … Workman, Christopher; Howarth, Troy (2016). It's Todd now, Sweeney Todd, and he will have his revenge." [8] In Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers (1836–1837), the servant Sam Weller says that a pieman used cats "for beefsteak, veal, and kidney, 'cording to the demand", and recommends that people should buy pies only "when you know the lady as made it, and is quite sure it ain't kitten. This article is about the character. The original tale became a staple of Victorian melodrama and London urban legend. It depicts him as former prisoner Benjamin Barker, who becomes obsessed with murdering Turpin, the judge who unjustly convicted him and destroyed his family. "Haircut, Sir? This expanded version of the story was 732 pages long. Rothman, Irving N. "Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd (1979). [12], Claims that Sweeney Todd was a real person were first made in the introduction to the 1850 (expanded) edition of The String of Pearls and have persisted to the present day. A Musical Thriller, Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn, "Man or myth? [10], In 1875, Frederick Hazleton's c. 1865 dramatic adaptation Sweeney Todd, the Barber of Fleet Street: or the String of Pearls (see below) was published as volume 102 of Lacy's Acting Edition of Plays.[8]. [8][9] In February/March 1847, before the serial was even completed, George Dibdin Pitt adapted The String of Pearls as a melodrama for the Britannia Theatre in Hoxton, east London. p. 307. This page was last edited on 10 October 2020, at 01:41. Sweeney Todd - "No, not Barker, that man is dead. Other attributions include Edward P. Hingston, George Macfarren, and Albert Richard Smith. Todd's barber shop is situated at 152 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. Beadle Bamford - Throat slit by Sweeney with a razor. In rhyming slang, Sweeney Todd is the Flying Squad (a branch of the UK's Metropolitan Police), which inspired the television series The Sweeney. It was probably written by James Malcolm Rymer, though Thomas Peckett Prest has also been credited with it; possibly each worked on the serial from part to part. Judge Lord Turpin - Throat mutilated by Sweeney with a razor. Mrs. Lucy Barker/The Beggar Woman - Throat slit by Sweeney with a razor. Benjamin Barker/Sweeney Todd - Throat slit by Toby with his own razor. Midnight Marquee Press. The tale has been retold many times since in various media, most notably in the Tony award–winning Broadway musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler. The making of Sweeney Todd", "Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street", "Sweeney Todd production: Eugene O'Neill Theatre (Nov 03, 2005 – Sep 03, 2006)", "Tod Slaughter – the Master of Melodrama in, https://www.foodnetwork.com/shows/good-eats/episodes/oh-my-meat-pie, BBC Radio 4 Extra – 1835: 2. 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. It was then published in book form in 1850 as The String of Pearls, subtitled "The Barber of Fleet Street. This penny dreadful was published in 18 weekly parts, in Edward Lloyd's The People's Periodical and Family Library, issues 7–24, published 21 November 1846 to 20 March 1847. is a tribute to Sweeney Todd by the Canadian band, "The Strange Case of the Demon Barber" (January 8, 1946), an adaptation of the Sweeney Todd story featured in an episode of the radio drama, In 1994, the 1993 National Theatre production was adapted and recorded for radio and broadcast on, The second episode of the BBC Radio comedy series, "Oh My, Meat Pie" (2008), an episode of the, The character of Sweeney Todd is presented as a villain in. A barber from Fleet Street, Todd murders his customers with a straight razor and turns their bodies over to Mrs. Lovett, his partner in crime, who bakes their flesh into meat pies. [8] In two books,[3][4] Peter Haining argued that Sweeney Todd was a historical figure who committed his crimes around 1800. [1] The musical, based on Christopher Bond's 1973 play of the same name, significantly deepened Todd’s character. A Domestic Romance". In his 2012 novel Dodger, Terry Pratchett portrays Sweeney Todd as a tragic figure, having lost his mind after being exposed to the horrors of the Napoleonic Wars as a barber surgeon. AND SPIOLERS!! WARNING GRAPHIC!! His victims fall backward down a revolving trap door into the basement of his shop, generally causing them to break their necks or skulls. A barber from Fleet Street, Todd murders his customers with a straight razor and turns their bodies over to Mrs. Lovett, his partner in crime, who bakes their flesh into meat pies. The original story of Sweeney Todd quite possibly stems from an older urban legend, originally based on dubious pie-fillings. Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the Victorian penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls (1846–47). "Sweeney Todd, The Barber", a song which assumes its audience knows the stage version and claims that such a character existed in real life.