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Resource Guide

for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Special thanks to Kamilah Bush, PCS Literary Manager and Dramaturg

Sources & Further Reading

STEPHEN SONDHEIM

HISTORY OF SWEENEY TODD

19th CENTURY BARBERING

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

CLASS & RELIGION

CRIME & PUNISHMENT

ASYLUMS & MENTAL ILLNESS

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