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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1979 musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
This article is about the 1979 musical. For other uses, see Sweeney Todd (disambiguation).
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, also known as Sweeney Todd is a 1979 musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.
It is based on the 1970 play Sweeney Todd by Christopher Bond. The character of Sweeney Todd first appeared in a Victorian penny dreadful titled The String of Pearls.
Sweeney Todd opened on Broadway in 1979 and in the West End in 1980.
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It won the Tony Award for Best Musical and Olivier Award for Best New Musical. It has been revived in many productions and inspired a film adaptation.
Background
The character Sweeney Todd originated in serialized Victorian popular fiction, known as penny dreadfuls.
A story called The String of Pearls was published in a weekly magazine during the winter of 1846–47. Set in 1785, th