The Wonderful and Surprising History of Sweeney Todd
The Life and Times of an Urban Legend
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Word Count
93,750 words, Guess
Page Count
375 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archivewonderfulsurpris0000mack
- ISBN-139780826497918
- ISBN-100826497918
- LibraryThing4902598
- Goodreads2335467
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- Library of Congress Control Number2007030350
- OCLC Control Number162145860
- Better World Books9780826497918
- Open LibraryOL11455043M
Classifications
- LCCPR5189.P95 Z73 2007
- LCCGR142
Description
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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