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[[Sweeney Todd]] is a [[Public Domain Character]], a London barber who murdered his customers and disposed of the bodies by having them baked into pies and sold in the pie-shop of his accomplice Mrs. Lovett.
* ''The String of Pearls'' (1846-7). The original version, serialised in ''The People's Periodical and Family Library''. Anonymous, but thought to have been written by James Malcolm Rymer and Thomas Peckett Prest.
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* ''Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (1936). A film adaptation of the Victorian melodrama, starring Tod Slaughter as the demon barber and Stella Rho as "Mrs. Lovatt."
* ''Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (1973). A play by Christopher Bond, which gave Todd a tragic backstory.
* ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (
* ''Sweeney Todd'' (2006). A BBC movie drama that attempts to stay closer to the original myths of the story, taking place in the 18th century.
* ''[[Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (
=== Tropes common to multiple versions of the story include: ===▼
* [[Based on a Great Big Lie]]: The Pitt melodrama claimed to be based on a true story, and the claim has remained attached to the story on and off ever since.
* [[Dangerously Close Shave]]: Instead of shaving his customers, Sweeney murders them.
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