Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (TV) 1982]

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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1982) (TV)



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Sweeney Todd is a character who first appeared as the main antagonist of a penny dreadful serial titled The String of Pearls (1846-1847). Claims that Sweeney Todd was a historical person are strongly disputed by scholars, although there are possible legendary prototypes, arguably making the story of Sweeney Todd an early example of an urban legend.



In the original version of the tale he is a barber who murders wealthy customers by slitting their throats then pulling a lever while they are in his barber's chair which, unknown to them, is fixed to a revolving trap-door, making them fall backward into the basement. But in many adaptations of the tale, the murdering process is reversed, meaning that he pulls a lever causing them to drop into the basement and then slits their throats. After Todd has robbed his dead victims of their goods, Mrs. Lovett, his partner in crime (in some later versions, his friend who wants to become his lover), assists him in disposing of the bodies by having their flesh baked 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.



The tale surrounding the character became a staple of Victorian melodrama, and later a Tony award-winning Broadway musical in 1979. Sweeney Todd has also been featured in several films, the most recent being 2007's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, directed by Tim Burton, with Johnny Depp in the title role.



Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a 1979 Tony Award–winning musical thriller with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler. The musical is based on 1973 play Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street by Christopher Bond.





Angela Lansbury ... Nellie Lovett

George Hearn ... Sweeney Todd

Cris Groenendaal ... Anthony Hope

Sara Woods ... Beggar Woman

Edmund Lyndeck ... Judge Turpin

Calvin Remsberg ... The Beadle

Betsy Joslyn ... Johanna

Sal Mistretta ... Pirelli

Spain Logue ... Birdseller

Walter Charles ... Passerby

Michael Kalinyen ... Jonas Fogg

Roy Gioconda ... Company

Skip Harris ... Company

Duane Morris ... Company

Patricia Parker ... Company





Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway at the Uris Theatre on March 1, 1979 and ran for 557 performances. It was directed by Harold Prince with musical staging by Larry Fuller. It starred Len Cariou as Sweeney Todd and Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett. The musical tells the story of Benjamin Barker, alias Sweeney Todd, who returns to London after 15 years' transportation on false charges. When he learns from his former landlady Mrs. Lovett that his wife poisoned herself after being raped by the judge who wrongly transported him (Judge Turpin by name), he vows revenge.



The first U.S. national tour started on October 24, 1980, in Washington, D.C. and ended in August 1981 in Los Angeles, California. Lansbury was joined by George Hearn, who had replaced Len Cariou in the Broadway production. This version of the production was eventually broadcast on PBS in 1982 and received wide critical and popular attention.



CableACE Awards

1983 Won ACE Actor in a Theatrical or Musical Program George Hearn

1983 Won ACE Actress in a Theatrical or Musical Program Angela Lansbury

1983 Won ACE Directing a Theatrical-Music Program Terry Hughes

1983 Won ACE Single Program - Theatrical: Musical Archer King (producer) Bonnie Burns (producer) Ellen Krass (producer)



Emmy Awards

1985 Won Emmy Outstanding Directing in a Variety or Music Program Terry Hughes (Shown within "Great Performances" (1972).)

1985 Won Emmy Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program George Hearn

(Shown within "Great Performances" (1972).)

1985 Won Emmy Outstanding Videotape Editing for a Limited Series or a Special Jimmy B. Frazier (Shown within "Great Performances" (1972).)



1985 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program

Angela Lansbury (Shown within "Great Performances" (1972).)

1985 Nominated Emmy Outstanding Live and Tape Sound Mixing and Sound Effects for a Limited Series or a Special Doug Nelson (production) Jerry Clemans (post-production) Eric Levinson (sound effects) (Shown within "Great Performances" (1972).)










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