The String of Pearls
Author : George Payne Rainsford James
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 38,92 MB
Release : 1849
Category :
ISBN :
Author : George Payne Rainsford James
Publisher :
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 38,92 MB
Release : 1849
Category :
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Author : Robert L Mack
Publisher : Continuum
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 49,64 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
Tells the fascinating story of how the Sweeny-Todd-myth developed from popular melodrama in the 1850s to film, ballet and musical incarnations in the 20th century. >
Author : Peter Haining
Publisher : Anova Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 39,83 MB
Release : 2007
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781861059895
Peter Haining's definitive biography exposes the man behind the Sweeney Todd myth. Based on careful research of both fact and fictional accounts, Haining's book reveals a gruesome yet fascinating character. Previous ed.: 1998.
Author : Aaron C. Thomas
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,70 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Sweeney Todd (Motion picture : 2007)
ISBN : 9781138678866
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of contents -- Acknowledgements -- Note -- 1 The throat that gleams -- Notes -- 2 The throat that sings -- Notes -- 3 The throat that bleeds -- Notes -- 4 The throat that swallows -- Notes -- References -- Index
Author : Hugh Wheeler
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 20,4 MB
Release : 1991
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9781557830661
Barber Sweeney Todd returns to London seeking revenge for the loss of his wife and daughter by killing customers and dropping to the shop downstairs to be made into meat pies by Mrs. Lovett. Includes sketches and photographs from several productions.
Author : James Malcolm Rymer
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 20,84 MB
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1398847895
Venture into Fleet Street and discover the dark side of Victorian London where you'll encounter the demon barber Sweeney Todd and his menacing accomplice Mrs Lovett in this classic thriller. Gruesome mysteries are uncovered when Lieutenant Thornhill goes missing after entering Todd's barber shop for a haircut. Londoners are disappearing, Todd's young apprentice Tobias is subject to constant fear and abuse, and the barber's grows more peculiar as the days go by. Menace and murder abounds in this terrifying tale where criminals hide in plain sight and threaten to harm anyone who could get in the way of their schemes. Famously adapted to the big screen by Tim Burton, Sweeney Todd is a classic of British horror writing and its legendary villain remains iconic this day.
Author : Thomas Peckett Prest
Publisher : Graphic Arts Books
Page : 983 pages
File Size : 28,75 MB
Release : 2021-02-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1513276972
Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street (1846-1847) is a penny dreadful novel by British writers James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest. Originally serialized in cheap volumes, the novel marks the debut of Sweeney Todd, a villain whose story inspired Stephen Sondheim’s legendary musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), which won a Tony Award for Best Musical and an Olivier Award for Best New Musical before serving as source material for Tim Burton’s 2007 film of the same name. In London in 1785, a young sailor named Lieutenant Thornhill goes missing while on leave. Last seen on Fleet Street while entering the barber shop of Sweeney Todd, his mysterious disappearance inspires Colonel Jeffrey, a friend, to investigate. Discovering that Thornhill was carrying with him a pearl necklace for Johanna Oakley, the lover of a man lost at sea, Jeffrey questions the young girl. Disturbed by his story, and moved by Thornhill’s honorable intentions, Johanna offers her help in his search. Suspicious of Todd, who has recently lost an assistant to a local insane asylum, she dresses as a young boy and goes to his barber shop to apply for the position. There, she begins to uncover Todd’s secret operation, whereby murdering his unsuspecting patrons, he transports their bodies to Mrs. Lovett’s shop to be turned into cheap meat pies. Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street is a grisly penny dreadful novel, a quick-witted work of horror that has inspired several successful adaptations. With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street by James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest is a classic of British horror fiction reimagined for modern readers.
Author : Anonymous
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 29,1 MB
Release : 2022-11-22
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Sweeney Todd by an anonymous playwright is the story of "the demon butler on Fleet Street," who began murdering his patrons and cooking them into his pies. Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls (1846–47). The original tale became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London legend.
Author : Seán Michael Wilson
Publisher : Classical Comics, Limited
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,40 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Graphic novels
ISBN : 9781906332792
"From his barber shop in Fleet Street, Sweeney Todd murders selected customers to steal their money and valuables"--Page 4 of cover.
Author : Aaron Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 49,66 MB
Release : 2018-03-19
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 1317192214
Sweeney Todd, the gruesome tale of a murderous barber and his pastry chef accomplice, is unquestionably strange subject matter for the musical theatre – but eight Tony awards and enormous successes on Broadway and the West End testify to its enduring popularity with audiences. Written by Hugh Wheeler, with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, the musical premiered in 1979 and has seen numerous revivals, including Tim Burton's 2007 film version. Aaron C. Thomas addresses this darkly funny piece with fitting humour, taking on Sweeney Todd’s chequered history and genre, its treatment of violence and cannibalism, and its sexual politics.