Newly revised, with new music engravings, added songs, articles and photos. Includes: The Ballad of Sweeney Todd * By the Sea * Green Finch and Linnet Bird * Johanna * Ladies in Their Sensitivities * A Little Priest * Not While I'm Around * Pretty Women * Wait * The Worst Pies in London.

Reinventing himself as Sweeney Todd, a man unjustly sent to prison returns to exact revenge on those who ruined his life, especially the evil Judge Turpin who sent the man to prison. Not only does he seek revenge for the cruel punishment he suffered in prison, but also for what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to his home town, he reopens his barber shop, where Mr. Todd becomes the Demon of Fleet Street. Mrs. Lovett is Sweeney's...

The gruesome tale of the murderous barber of Fleet Street has thrilled readers for centuries. Whether or not Todd was a real person has been heavily debated, but the urban legend he spawned is still as horrifying and fascinating today.

Thomas Prest was a prolific and popular writer of Victorian 'penny dreadfuls'. The 'demon barber', Sweeney Todd, was his most famous and successful creation. Many of the penny dreadful stories, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.

Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street (1846-1847) is a penny dreadful novel by British writers James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest. Originally serialized in cheap volumes, the novel marks the debut of Sweeney Todd, a villain whose story inspired Stephen Sondheim's legendary musical Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979). In London in 1785, a young sailor named Lieutenant Thornhill goes missing while on leave. Last seen...

Every gay boy needs an ally who will kill for him. And, no boy could have a better ally than Todd Sweeney. When Todd's best friend, Toby Ragg is, threatened by homophobic guidance counselor Ashford Squeers, Todd swings into action. But, he swings just a bit too hard. Enter best pal Nellie Lovett, who has very creative ideas for making the mess disappear. But then, Fleet High bad boy Ryan Plouf threatens Toby and Nellie. Suddenly, Ryan is missing,...

A Study Guide for Hugh Wheeler's "Sweeney Todd," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Drama For Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Drama For Students for all of your research needs.

In the early years of the Victorian age, a newly literate class of readers turned to "penny dreadfuls" for escapist fun. Blood-curdling tales, published in installments and costing only a penny, offered gripping episodes of romance, mystery, and horror. The notorious penny dreadful Sweeney Todd: The String of Pearls recounts a young woman's desperate search for her missing sailor sweetheart―a quest that ends in a Fleet Street barber shop, where...

Todd is a barber who murders his customers and turns their bodies over to Mrs. Lovett, his partner in crime, who bakes their flesh into meat pies. His barber shop is situated in Fleet Street, London, next to St. Dunstan's church, and is connected to Lovett's pie shop in nearby Bell Yard by means of an underground passage. Todd dispatches his victims by pulling a lever while they are in his barber chair, which makes them fall backward down a revolving...