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| Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls: an Audio Melodrama in Three Despicable Acts | 
| Author: Yuri Rasovsky
Creators: Martin Jarvis, W. Morgan Sheppard, Rosalind Ayres, Full Cast
Publisher: Blackstone Audio Inc.
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 455934
Format: Audiobook
Media: Audio CD
Edition: Unabridged
Number Of Items: 2
Pages: 200
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 6.6 x 6.5 x 1
ISBN: 1433203413
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781433203411
ASIN: 1433203413
Publication Date: September 3, 2007
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Product Description
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.
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Clean sweep April 12, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This production won three 2008 Audie Awards -- for audio drama, original work and production.
Delightful, ghoulish audio theatre! March 21, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This is audio theatre at its best! AudioFile rates it as one of the best new releases - "A blackly humorous melodrama." Most people know the tale of the murderous barber and his partner in crime, Mrs Lovett, the local meat pie producer. This is a delightful retelling of the tale based on the original Victorian "Penny Dreadful" - stories released in serial form in a London rag. This production is a small touch racy and completely lurid.
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