Sweeney Todd

Melodrama / Casting: 8m 3f / Scenery: Simple ints./exts. <p> In this version of the old melodrama Todd has some grounds for his nefarious activities: his wife was abducted and raped by the Judge and his daughter abandoned while he himself was deported on a false charge. He returns to avenge his family accompanied by a sea captain Anthony whose life he has saved. Anthony falls in love with a young girl the Judge's ward who turns out to be Todd's daughter. Todd meanwhile sets up with Mrs. Lovett the pie maker and provides her with fillings for her pies. He proceeds with his vengeful plans but the outcome is bitterly ironic.