The wonderful and surprising history of Sweeney Todd : the life and times of an urban legend

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The wonderful and surprising history of Sweeney Todd : the life and times of an urban legend

Robert L. Mack

Continuum, 2007

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Includes bibliographical references and index

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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.

目次

  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Part I: Contexts, Themes and Background
  • 1. Du Cote de Chez Todd: Man Eating, Meat Pies and the Macabre
  • 2. Aren't There Butchers Enough?: The Roots of Myth and Meaning in Sweeney Todd
  • 3. Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner: True Lies and the Life of an Urban Legend
  • Part II: Text and Sources
  • 4. Fiends in Human Shape: The String of Pearls and the Earliest Histories of Fleet Street's 'Cannibalistic Pastries'
  • 5. I Shall Have to Polish Him Off: Proto-Myths and Precedents
  • Part III: Visions and Revisions
  • 6. The Way of All Flesh: Sweeney Todd, Melodrama, and the Theatre
  • 7. A Proper Artist with a Knife: Sweeney on Celluloid
  • 8. Swing Your Razor Wide, Sweeney: Further Adventures of a Legend
  • Appendix: Sweeney Todd: A Genealogy, History, and Chronology
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index.

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