Was Sweeney Todd, the murderous barber of Stephen Sondheim's musical, a real character or a creation designed to titillate the 18th Century English imagination

Brief history of Sweeney Todd, a musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, plus links to all cast albums and sheet music currently in print.

SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET a musical thriller in two acts. Book by Hugh Wheeler, based on Christopher Bond's stage version of the story. Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Uris Theatre, New York, 1 March 1979 Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, London, 2 July 1980 Act I Victorian London, a mighty industrial city, the heart of a great empire: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd begins, ...