![]() ![]() The United States has announced that a new drama television program is currently in production to give the story of Sweeney Todd a new life from a new point of view. In the musical stage production and 2007 film, Johanna is Todd's daughter, Johanna Barker. In most recent versions of the story, Todd either helps or hinders (sometimes both) the love affair of a young woman, Johanna Turpin, with a sailor named Mark Ingesterie (more commonly known as Anthony Hope). Todd is also assisted by an unwitting apprentice named Tobias Ragg (a boy from a poorhouse who had traveled with Pirelli), who later aids in unmasking his crimes. For reasons varying according to adaptation, Todd had lost his wife, Lucy Barker, and has been exiled for life these misfortunes fuel a hatred for all mankind. Lovett, his partner in crime and variously his friend or lover, hides his crimes by butchering the corpses of Todd's victims, baking their flesh into meat pies, and selling them to unsuspecting customers. In some versions of the Sweeney Todd story, Mrs. Lovett continues the story and tells Todd that Lucy poisoned herself many years ago with arsenic from the local pharmacy.Īfter hearing her fate, Sweeney Todd understands it is Judge Turpin who had ruined his life, and swears revenge on him. ![]() Suspecting Sweeney Todd is Benjamin Barker, she tells him that his wife Lucy was taken by Judge Turpin and that he had also taken his daughter Johanna. Lovett an absent-minded woman who had turned the first floor into a pie shop and restaurant whilst not touching the second floor other than to hide Barker's razors. He heads to his old home, which is now owned by the lady Mrs. When Barker returns to London, he decides to start over again, and returns with the name Sweeney Todd so no one will recognize him by name. He was sentenced for life in a prison in Australia, but managed to escape after 15 years. Sweeney Todd's real name is actually Benjamin Barker, a barber who was accused of a crime he didn't commit. Anthony only knows Benjamin by his new name, Sweeney Todd. After he escapes Incarceration, he returns home to London on a ship, with a new friend, Anthony. ![]() Benjamin Barker served 15 years of a Life Sentence in a prison in Australia, which is what he called "a living hell". Benjamin Barker is a skilled barber, serving the men of London in his establishment on Fleet Street, He is married to Lucy Barker and together they have a daughter, Johanna. ![]() Sweeney Todd, is the main protagonist and title character of the Broadway musical and its film adaptation. Sweeney Todd - "No, not Barker, that man is dead. Lovett - "Well I can't say the years have been particularly kind to you Mr. ![]()
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