Sweeney Todd Production
Sweeney Todd, a fictional character debuted as a murderer in the String of Pearls in the Victorian penny. He appeared again as an antihero character in the Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. This was a film adaptation of a similar name. There have been claims that Sweeney Todd existed; hence, was a historical character. However, these claims have been strongly disputed by scholars and historians. In addition, there are possibilities that a legendary prototype existed. In this play, Sweeney Todd plays the role of a barber who murders the victims through pulling a gadget connected to a lever while they are placed on his barber chair. Because of the dispatch, the victims fall backwards into a revolving trapdoor in the basement of his barbershop. This causes his victims to break their skulls or neck. In case the victim is still alive, Sweeny Todd goes into the basement and slits their throats using his straight razor. Sweeny Todd then goes ahead and steals from his victims. His college and partner, Mrs. Lovett aids Todd in disposing of the cadavers of the slain victims. She bakes the bodies of the victims into meat pies, which she sells to unsuspecting customers at her pie shop. In this play, the two hire an unwitting orphan to serve the pies at the pie shop. The barbershop and pie shop are located on at the position within London’s Fleet Street, which is next to the St. Dunstan’s church. The two are interconnected by an underground passage. It is a Victorian melodrama that has been composed by numerous other producers and composers. The Sweeny Todd character has been extensively included in other productions, especially the 2007 musical film. My production of the Sweeny Todd would be based on the composition of Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street.
This production would burrow into the thoughts of the audience with poisoned seductiveness of a campfire narrator. This production would incorporate and highlight fear, and use elements that would instill fear in the audience. The production would also incorporate soundtracks and sound effects that would assist in highlighting the scary scenes. My production would aim at a hypnotic interpretation of the play. This would also aim at captivating the masochistic child present in everyone, and the squirming tykes who wish to have their worst fears dispelled and confirmed, in one breath.
The production would feature Victorian age storytelling of gory horror and revenge about a world gone crazy. The production, set in bleak and wooden box room, would suggest an underfinanced psych ward. This production will have truly unsettling horror or flow quotients of convectional stage spectacles. Though the production is expecting economic or financial constraints, the production wills surely deliver a skeletal Sweeny. The production will feature 10 actor and 10 musicians. It is crucial to note that the actors will double up as musicians. This concentration and doubling of resources will tighten emotional factors and narrative pulls. This production version will draw the audience to a claustrophobic close.
