The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legend
ISBN-13:
9780826497918
ISBN-10:
0826497918
Author:
Robert L. Mack
Publication date:
2007
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Format:
Hardcover
375 pages
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ISBN-13:
9780826497918
ISBN-10:
0826497918
Author:
Robert L. Mack
Publication date:
2007
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
Format:
Hardcover
375 pages
Summary
The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legend (ISBN-13: 9780826497918 and ISBN-10: 0826497918), written by authors
Robert L. Mack, was published by Bloomsbury Academic in 2007.
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The tales surrounding Sweeney Todd's notorious barber shop in London's Fleet Street have entertained generations of audiences and have made Todd himself one of the most famous - or perhaps notorious - characters in the city's history. The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd traces the fortunes of Todd's narrative from its earliest 'proper' appearance as a Victorian 'penny blood' in 1846-47, and then as a popular melodrama on the stage, through to its twentieth-century manifestation in film, ballet, musicals, and opera up to current and future productions, including the forthcoming Tim Burton/Johnny Depp film version of Stephen Sondheim's 1979 Broadway masterpiece.
Each successive generation has found a compelling fascination in Sweeney Todd's themes of avarice, ambition, desire, appetite, retribution, justice, and cannibalism. Following in the footsteps of the myth, this fascinating book takes the reader on a journey from the roots of the story in the alleyways and pie-shops of Victorian London to its modern incarnations on stage, screen and in popular culture.>
Each successive generation has found a compelling fascination in Sweeney Todd's themes of avarice, ambition, desire, appetite, retribution, justice, and cannibalism. Following in the footsteps of the myth, this fascinating book takes the reader on a journey from the roots of the story in the alleyways and pie-shops of Victorian London to its modern incarnations on stage, screen and in popular culture.>
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