Resource Guide
A Synopsis of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd at your own risk; there be spoilers within!
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A Timeline of Sweeney Todd
From penny dreadful to Johnny Depp; a timeline of Sweeney Todd in popular culture.
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Stephen Sondheim
Sondheim is considered one of the most important American composers — contributing to the sound and story of the American musical theatre. Read a brief biography and chronology of this celebrated, award-winning artist.
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An Interview with Sweeney Todd Director Chip Miller
PCS Literary Manager Kamilah Bush talked to Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street director Chip Miller about their deep connection to Sondheim and why "rage in the world" makes the show so relevant today.
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Cast & Creative Team
Meet the cast and creative team for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM
- https://www.npr.org/artists/15871266/stephen-sondheim
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Stephen-Sondheim
- https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2021/11/stephen-sondheim-dies
- https://www.denvercenter.org/news-center/stephen-sondheim-timeline-an-overview-of-the-musical-legend/
- https://www.sondheimguide.com/
HISTORY OF SWEENEY TODD
- http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20160502-the-shocking-tale-of-the-penny-dreadful
- https://www.bl.uk/romantics-and-victorians/articles/penny-dreadfuls
- https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/the-string-of-pearls-or-the-barber-of-fleet-street#
- https://www.theatermania.com/new-york-city-theater/reviews/sweeney-todd-the-demon-Barber-of-fleet-street_1039.html
- https://www.pbs.org/kqed/demonbarber/play/sweeneytodd.html
19th CENTURY BARBERING
- https://ourworldisbeauty.com/19th-century-barber/
- http://www.brainblogger.com/2011/05/06/from-haircuts-to-hangnails-the-barber-surgeon/
- http://www.dansbarbershop.net/history-of-barbering.html
- https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/archived/bodysphere/when-barbers-were-surgeons-and-surgeons-were-barbers/6391468
INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
- https://learnodo-newtonic.com/industrial-revolution-inventions
- https://londontopia.net/history/london-industrial-revolution/
- https://www.history.com/topics/industrial-revolution/industrial-revolution
- http://www.softschools.com/timelines/industrial_revolution_timeline/40/
CLASS & RELIGION
- https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/guides/znjnb9q/revision/5
- https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/learn/story-of-england/victorian/religion/
- NPR - Dirty Old London: A History of the Victorians Infamous Filth
- The Guardian - Ghost Stories: Why the Victorians were so Spookily Good at Them
- Victorian Children - Interesting Facts about Victorian Child Labor
- History Extra-Life in 19th Century Slums: Victorian London's Homes from Hell
- Charles Booth Map of London: Poverty Maps and Police Notebooks
- https://www.gresham.ac.uk/lectures-and-events/the-victorians-religion-and-science
- https://sites.udel.edu/britlitwiki/social-life-in-victorian-england/
CRIME & PUNISHMENT
- https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-australian-penal-colony-established
- http://www.bbc.com/travel/story/20120126-travelwise-australias-penal-colony-roots
- https://sites.udel.edu/britlitwiki/the-victorians-and-australian-penal-colonies/
- http://victorian-era.org/victorian-era-justice-system.html
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/british/victorians/crime_01.shtml
- https://www.bl.uk/victorian-britain/articles/victorian-prisons-and-punishments
- https://editions.covecollective.org/content/horrors-botany-bay
- https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/first-fleet-sets-sail-australia/
- https://sites.udel.edu/britlitwiki/the-victorians-and-australian-penal-colonies/
- https://kingston.norfolkisland.gov.au/explore-the-layers-of-history/second-settlement-1825-1855
ASYLUMS & MENTAL ILLNESS
- https://valmcbeath.com/victorian-era-lunatic-asylums/#.XIavzyjYrIU
- https://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/netflix-2017
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