Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls: an Audio Melodrama in Three Despicable Acts

ISBN 10: 1433203413 ISBN 13: 9781433203411

Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc., 2007

According to legend, Sweeney Todd had his barber shop at number 186 Fleet Street, next door to St. Dunstan's Church, just a few blocks away from the Royal Courts of Justice. On this site, they say, he robbed and murdered more than 150 customers. To dispose of their remains, he carried them through underground tunnels to the bakery of one Mrs. Lovett a few blocks away, where they supplied the stuffing for her meat pies, the favorite mid-day repast of the lawyers who worked nearby and got their shaves from Sweeney Todd. The man you lunched with yesterday could be your lunch today!

The story first appeared in 1846 as a best-selling "penny dreadful," a sensational thriller published in installments. Before the final chapters even had a chance to hit the stands, the first stage version was packing them in at the Royal Britannia Saloon. Since then there have been numerous stage and literary versions of the story.

About the Author:

YURI RASOVSKY, author, producer, and director, has won high critical acclaim and numerous honors during his thirty-five-year career in audio drama, including a Peabody Award and, most recently, his third AudieŽ Award, earned in 2006 for Blackstone's Sherlock Holmes Theatre.

Review:

The movie based on this classic will be released December 1, 2007. It will be directed by Tim Burton and will star Johnny Depp. --From the publisher