Sweeney Todd (Applause Musical Library): The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Applause Libretto Library)

by StephenSondheim (Author)

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  (Applause Libretto Library). Book by Hugh Wheeler Introduction by Christopher Bond Mr. Sondheim fearlessly explores psychic caverns where civilized people are not dying to go ... A naked Sweeney Todd stands revealed as a musical of naked rage, chewing up everyone in its path as it spits out blood and tears. Frank Rich, The New York Times * A work of such scope and such daring that it dwarfs every other Broadway musical that even attempts to invite comparison. Rex Reed, New York Daily News

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  Melodrama / Casting: 8m, 3f / Scenery: Simple ints./exts. In this version of the old melodrama, Todd has some grounds for his nefarious activities: his wife was abducted and raped by the Judge and his daughter abandoned, while he himself was deported on a false charge. He returns to avenge his family, accompanied by a sea captain, Anthony, whose life he has saved. Anthony falls in love with a young girl, the Judge's ward, who turns out to be Todd's daughter. Todd, meanwhile, sets up with Mrs. Lovett, the pie maker, and provides her with fillings for her pies. He proceeds with his vengeful plans but the outcome is bitterly ironic.