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Sweeney Todd : the demon barber of Fleet Street

Title: Sweeney Todd : the demon barber of Fleet Street [videorecording] / Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards, in association with Dean and Judy Manos, present ; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; book by Hugh Wheeler ; based on a version of "Sweeney Todd" by Christopher Bond ; [based on the play by George Dibdin Pitt] ; directed by Harold Prince ; dance and movement by Larry Fuller ; [video producer, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director]
Publication: New York, c1979.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Videodiscs 1 and 2	Moving image	Restricted use	NCOV 108 Videodiscs 1 and 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - TOFT

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Description

2 videodiscs (DVD) (157 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.

Note

Original Broadway cast.
Other versions available in the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive: "home movie" version, w/ most of the original cast (NCOV 239); made-for-television production (NCOX 366); 1989 York Theatre revival (NCOV 854); 2002 Kennedy Center Sondheim Celebration (NCOV 2695); and the 2023 Broadway revival (NCOV 4390).
Adapted from the play, Sweeney Todd, by Christopher Bond, which was based on the original melodrama by George Dibdin Pitt.
Sweeney Todd : the demon barber of Fleet Street : a musical thriller opened at the Uris Theatre, New York, N.Y., March 1, 1979.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits (note)

Production designed by Eugene Lee ; lighting designed by Ken Billington; costumes designed by Franne Lee ; orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick ; musical director, Paul Gemignani ; prod. stage mgr., Alan Hall.

Performer (note)

Victor Garber, Len Cariou, Merle Louise, Angela Lansbury, Edmund Lyndeck, Jack Eric Williams, Sarah Rice, Ken Jennings, Joaquin Romaguera, Robert Ousley, Duane Bodin, Walter Charles, Carole Doscher, Nancy Eaton, Mary-Pat Green, Cris Groenendaal, Skip Harris, Marthe Ihde, Betsy Joslyn, Nancy Killmer, Frank Kopyc, Spain Logue, Craig Lucas, Pamela McLernon, Duane Morris, Richard Warren Pugh, and Maggie Task; swings: Heather B. Withers, and Robert Hendersen.

Event (note)

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Uris Theatre, New York, N.Y., May 23, 1979.

Funding (note)

Recording made with the financial assistance of the Chase Manhattan Bank.

Call Number

NCOV 108

OCLC

NYPG98-F976

Title

Sweeney Todd : the demon barber of Fleet Street [videorecording] / Richard Barr, Charles Woodward, Robert Fryer, Mary Lea Johnson, Martin Richards, in association with Dean and Judy Manos, present ; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim ; book by Hugh Wheeler ; based on a version of "Sweeney Todd" by Christopher Bond ; [based on the play by George Dibdin Pitt] ; directed by Harold Prince ; dance and movement by Larry Fuller ; [video producer, Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Betty L. Corwin, director]

Imprint

New York, c1979.

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Credits

Production designed by Eugene Lee ; lighting designed by Ken Billington; costumes designed by Franne Lee ; orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick ; musical director, Paul Gemignani ; prod. stage mgr., Alan Hall.

Cast

Victor Garber, Len Cariou, Merle Louise, Angela Lansbury, Edmund Lyndeck, Jack Eric Williams, Sarah Rice, Ken Jennings, Joaquin Romaguera, Robert Ousley, Duane Bodin, Walter Charles, Carole Doscher, Nancy Eaton, Mary-Pat Green, Cris Groenendaal, Skip Harris, Marthe Ihde, Betsy Joslyn, Nancy Killmer, Frank Kopyc, Spain Logue, Craig Lucas, Pamela McLernon, Duane Morris, Richard Warren Pugh, and Maggie Task; swings: Heather B. Withers, and Robert Hendersen.

Event

Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive at the Uris Theatre, New York, N.Y., May 23, 1979.

Funding

Recording made with the financial assistance of the Chase Manhattan Bank.

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Added Author

Barr, Richard, producer.

Woodward, Charles, producer.

Fryer, Robert, producer.

Johnson, Mary Lea, producer.

Richards, Martin, producer.

Manos, Dean, producer.

Manos, Judy, producer.

Wheeler, Hugh, 1912-1987, librettist.

Bond, C. G. (Christopher Godfrey), 1945- Sweeney Todd : the demon barber of Fleet Street.

Pitt, George Dibdin, 1799-1855. Sweeney Todd, the barber of Fleet Street; or, the string of pearls.

Sondheim, Stephen. Sweeney Todd.

Sondheim, Stephen, lyricist.

Prince, Harold, 1928-2019, director.

Fuller, Larry, choreographer.

Lee, Eugene, 1939- set designer.

Billington, Ken, 1946- lighting designer.

Lee, Franne, 1941-2023 costume designer.

Tunick, Jonathan, orchestrations.

Gemignani, Paul, conductor.

Hall, Alan, production stage manager.

Garber, Victor, performer.

Cariou, Len, performer.

Louise, Merle, performer.

Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022, performer.

Lyndeck, Edmund, performer.

Williams, Jack Eric, performer.

Rice, Sarah, performer.

Jennings, Ken, performer.

Romaguera, Joaquín, performer.

Ousley, Robert, performer.

Bodin, Duane, performer.

Charles, Walter, performer.

Doscher, Carole, performer.

Eaton, Nancy, performer.

Green, Mary-Pat, performer.

Groenendaal, Cris, performer.

Harris, Skip, performer.

Ihde, Marthe, performer.

Joslyn, Betsy, 1954- performer.

Killmer, Nancy, performer.

Kopyc, Frank, performer.

Logue, Spain, performer.

Lucas, Craig, performer.

McLernon, Pamela, performer.

Morris, Duane, performer.

Pugh, Richard Warren, performer.

Task, Maggie, performer.

Withers, Heather B., performer.

Hendersen, Robert, performer.

Corwin, Betty L.

Chase Manhattan Bank.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.

Research Call Number

NCOV 108

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