Sweeney Todd by Hugh Wheeler, 1979
Original stage play Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, SONDHEIM, Stephen (Music & Lyrics), Book by Hugh Wheeler; Published by Dodd, Mead, 1979; includes rare, original Curtain Time inserts with photos. Hardcover. Condition: Very good.
Sweeney Todd, opened on Broadway in 1979, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical; the original character, Sweeney Todd, hails from a Victorian penny dreadful, or serialized story, called “The String of Pearls,” first published in 1847-1848, but takes place in 1785. The musical was based on the 1970 play of the same title by Christopher Bond. It continues to be revived in many productions throughout the world and a film adaptation produced in 2007.
“…There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit/ And the vermin of the world inhabit it/ And its morals aren’t worth what a pig could spit/ And it goes by the name of London…”
Original stage play Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, SONDHEIM, Stephen (Music & Lyrics), Book by Hugh Wheeler; Published by Dodd, Mead, 1979; includes rare, original Curtain Time inserts with photos. Hardcover. Condition: Very good.
Sweeney Todd, opened on Broadway in 1979, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical; the original character, Sweeney Todd, hails from a Victorian penny dreadful, or serialized story, called “The String of Pearls,” first published in 1847-1848, but takes place in 1785. The musical was based on the 1970 play of the same title by Christopher Bond. It continues to be revived in many productions throughout the world and a film adaptation produced in 2007.
“…There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit/ And the vermin of the world inhabit it/ And its morals aren’t worth what a pig could spit/ And it goes by the name of London…”
Original stage play Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, SONDHEIM, Stephen (Music & Lyrics), Book by Hugh Wheeler; Published by Dodd, Mead, 1979; includes rare, original Curtain Time inserts with photos. Hardcover. Condition: Very good.
Sweeney Todd, opened on Broadway in 1979, winning the Tony Award for Best Musical; the original character, Sweeney Todd, hails from a Victorian penny dreadful, or serialized story, called “The String of Pearls,” first published in 1847-1848, but takes place in 1785. The musical was based on the 1970 play of the same title by Christopher Bond. It continues to be revived in many productions throughout the world and a film adaptation produced in 2007.
“…There’s a hole in the world like a great black pit/ And the vermin of the world inhabit it/ And its morals aren’t worth what a pig could spit/ And it goes by the name of London…”
