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

Yuri Rasovsky

ISBN 10: 1433203413 / ISBN 13: 9781433203411

Published by Blackstone Audiobooks 2007-09-01, 2007

About this Item

Audio CD. Item is in good condition. Some moderate creases and light scrathces. Might be an ex-library copy and contain writing/highlighting. Might be missing booklet. Seller Inventory # DS-1433203413-3

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls: An ...

Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks 2007-09-01

Publication Date: 2007

Binding: Audio CD

Book Condition: Good

About this title

Synopsis:

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.