The wonderful and surprising history of Sweeney Todd : the life and times of an urban legend / Robert L. Mack.
Traces the history of the Todd narrative from its earliest "proper" appearance as a "penny dreadful" in 1846-47, and then as a popular melodrama, through to its twentieth-century manifestation in film, ballet, musicals and opera, up to current and future productions including the Tim Burton/Johnny D...
Main Author: | Mack, Robert L. |
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Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Continuum,
2007.
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Physical Description: | xx, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Format: | Book |