The Demon Barber of Fleet
Street
Denis Quilley and Julia McKenzie star in an exclusive recording of the Royal National Theatre's hit production of Stephen Sondheim 's musical thriller.
It is the tale of a half-mad barber who returns home after escaping from an unjust imprisonment, to take vengeance on the judge who sentenced him, ravished his wife and now plans to marry his daughter. However, Sweeney doesn't limit himself to one victim, he takes revenge against the whole world for his and his daughter's suffering by slitting the throats of his customers, whose corpses are then made into meat pies by his enterprising accomplice, Mrs Lovett.
Book by Hugh Wheeler.
Based on an adaptation by Christopher Bond
=Director Declan Donnellan Rpt