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SWEENEY TODD RESOURCES

The full text of the original penny dreadful story, The String of Pearls’ or, The Barber of Fleet Street, is available with Project Gutenberg.

We invite you to check out wonderful resources created by other inspirational theater companies:

A Noise WithinSweeney Todd Study Guide

Portland Center StageBiography of Stephen Sondheim & Sweeney Todd Timeline

 

Sources & Further Reading

STEPHEN SONDHEIM

 

HISTORY OF SWEENEY TODD

 

19th CENTURY BARBERING

 

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

 

CLASS & RELIGION

 

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

 

ASYLUMS & MENTAL ILLNESS