Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Sweeney Todd is based on the 19th century melodrama about a London criminal. Todd is sort of portrayed as a noble figure driven to crime when Judge Turpin takes his wife and child from him. He is unjustly imprisoned and vows revenge not only to the judge, but also to all the people of London. The theater production began with an awesome staging of eeriness to further …showed first 75 words of 1154 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1154 total…Every time she sang, I was hoping for those famous words. She was definitely a wonderful addition to the cast. Overall, the cast made this a very interesting play. Each character added a unique quality to the play. Sweeney Todd--revenge and hatred; Mrs. Lovett--comedy and cleverness; Judge Turpin--evil; Anthony and Johanna (whom I didn’t mention) --love. All of these characters combined formed a winning production of Sweeney Todd. Bibliography University of Memphis Performing Arts