Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street > Original London Cast


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Show Details

Show
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (33)
Music
Stephen Sondheim (702)
Lyrics
Stephen Sondheim (702)
Book
Hugh Wheeler (22)

Recording Details

Date
1980
Type
Noncommercial Audio / Stage Cast
Method
Live
Language
English
Location
UK / England / London
Conductor
Ray Cook (20)
Performer
John Aron (6) — Pirelli, Oz Clarke (2) — Jonas Fogg, Sheila Hancock (13) — Mrs. Lovett, Austin Kent (2) — Judge Turpin, Mandy More (4) — Johanna, Denis Quilley (57) — Sweeney Todd, Michael Staniforth (5) — Tobias, Andrew C. Wadsworth (20) — Anthony, Dilys Watling (4) — Beggar Woman, David Wheldon-Williams (3) — Beadle Bamford
Notes
A soundboard recording of the original London production.
Shortcode
[r9959]

Releases

Format
Audio File
Lists
85 collectors / 40 wish lists
History
2 Revisions
Shortcode
[rl14003]
Prologue
* "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" - Company
Act One
* "No Place Like London" - Anthony, Sweeney, Beggar Woman
* "The Barber and His Wife" - Sweeney
* "The Worst Pies in London" - Mrs. Lovett
* * "Poor Thing" - Mrs. Lovett
* "My Friends" - Sweeney, Mrs. Lovett
* * "Green Finch and Linnet Bird" - Johanna
* * "Ah, Miss" - Anthony, Beggar Woman
* "Johanna" - Anthony
* * "Pirelli's Miracle Elixir" - Tobias, Sweeney, Mrs. Lovett, Company
* * "The Contest" - Pirelli
* * "Wait" - Mrs. Lovett
* * "Kiss Me" - Johanna, Anthony
* * "Ladies in Their Sensitivities" - The Beadle
* "Kiss Me/Ladies in Their Sensitivities [Quartet]" - Johanna, Anthony, The Beadle, Judge Turpin
* "Pretty Women" - Sweeney, Judge Turpin
* "Epiphany" - Sweeney
* "A Little Priest" - Sweeney, Mrs. Lovett
Act Two
* "God, That's Good" - Tobias, Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney, Beggar Woman, Company
* "Johanna" - Anthony, Sweeney, Johanna, Beggar Woman
* "By the Sea" - Mrs. Lovett
* * Wigmaker Sequence - Sweeney, Anthony, Company
* * "The Letter" - Sweeney, Company
* "Not While I'm Around" - Tobias, Mrs. Lovett
* Final Sequence
o * "City on Fire!" - Lunatics, Johanna, Anthony
o * "Searching"- Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney, Beggar Woman, Anthony, Johanna
o * "Lullaby" the Beggar Woman
o "The Judge's Return" - Sweeney, Beggar Woman, Judge Turpin
o Final Scene - Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney, Tobias
Epilogue
* "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" - Company