The wonderful and surprising history of Sweeney Todd: the life and times of an urban legend
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...
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| Zusammenfassung: | 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. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 355-364) and index |
| Beschreibung: | XX, 375 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 9780826497918 0826497918 |
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Acknowledgements ix
List of Illustrations xi
Preface xiv
PART ONE: Contexts, Themes and Background 1
1. Du Cote de Chez Todd: Man Eating, Meat Pies and the
Macabre 3
2. Aren t There Butchers Enough?: The Roots of Myth and
Meaning in the Tale of Sweeney Todd 51
3. Maybe It s Because I m a Londoner: True Lies and the Life of an
Urban Legend 71
PART TWO: Text and Sources 99
4. Fiends in Human Shape: The String of Pearls and the Earliest
Histories of Fleet Street s Cannibalic Pastries 101
5. I Shall Have to Polish Him Off: Proto-Myths and Precedents 135
PART THREE: Visions and Revisions 195
6. The Way of All Flesh: Sweeney Todd, Melodrama and
the Theatre 197
vn
THE WONDERFUL AND SURPRISING HISTORY OF SWEENEY TODD
7. A Proper Artist with a Knife: Sweeney on Celluloid 220
8. Swing Your Razor Wide, Sweeney: Further Adventures of a
Legend 246
Notes 307
Appendix: Sweeney Todd: A Genealogy, History and Chronology 336
Select Bibliography 355
Index 365
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Contents
Acknowledgements ix
List of Illustrations xi
Preface xiv
PART ONE: Contexts, Themes and Background 1
1. Du Cote de Chez Todd: Man Eating, Meat Pies and the
Macabre 3
2. Aren't There Butchers Enough?: The Roots of Myth and
Meaning in the Tale of Sweeney Todd 51
3. Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner: True Lies and the Life of an
Urban Legend 71
PART TWO: Text and Sources 99
4. Fiends in Human Shape: The String of Pearls and the Earliest
Histories of Fleet Street's 'Cannibalic Pastries' 101
5. I Shall Have to Polish Him Off: Proto-Myths and Precedents 135
PART THREE: Visions and Revisions 195
6. The Way of All Flesh: Sweeney Todd, Melodrama and
the Theatre 197
vn
THE WONDERFUL AND SURPRISING HISTORY OF SWEENEY TODD
7. A Proper Artist with a Knife: Sweeney on Celluloid 220
8. Swing Your Razor Wide, Sweeney: Further Adventures of a
Legend 246
Notes 307
Appendix: Sweeney Todd: A Genealogy, History and Chronology 336
Select Bibliography 355
Index 365
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