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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.
Publication: New York, [1979?]

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Description

3 videocassettes (147 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 3/4 in. (U-matic)

Subject

Genre/Form

Musicals.

Note

Credits derived from program and Archive's files.
Single camera version, probably shot from balcony.
Other versions available in the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive: original Broadway production (NCOV 108); 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).
Dim beginning; poor video and audio quality.
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)

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

Event (note)

Videotaped at the Uris Theatre, New York, N.Y., May 23, 1979.

Call Number

NCOV 239

OCLC

NYPG99-F779

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.

Imprint

New York, [1979?]

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

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

Event

Videotaped at the Uris Theatre, New York, N.Y., May 23, 1979.

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-

Pitt, George Dibdin, 1799-1855.

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, arranger of music.

Gemignani, Paul, conductor.

Hall, Alan, production stage manager.

Cariou, Len, performer.

Louise, Merle, performer.

Lansbury, Angela, 1925-2022, performer.

Lyndeck, Edmund, performer.

Williams, Jack Eric, 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.

Sondheim, Stephen, donor.

Research Call Number

NCOV 239

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