The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd
The Life and Times of an Urban Legend
by Robert L. Mack
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Traces the history of the Todd narrative from its earliest "proper" appearance as a "penny dreadful" in 1846-47, and then as a popular melodrama, through to its twentieth-century manifestation in film, ballet, musicals and opera, up to current and future productions including the Tim Burton/Johnny Depp film. Each successive generation has found a compelling fascination in the story's themes of avarice, ambition, desire, appetite, retribution, justice, and cannibalism. Following in the footsteps of the myth, this 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.--From publisher description.
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Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legend
2008, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
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Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legend
2008, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
in English
1441135081 9781441135087
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The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd: The Life and Times of an Urban Legend
December 20, 2007, Continuum International Publishing Group, Continuum
Hardcover
in English
0826497918 9780826497918
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