In the original "penny dreadful" serial and George Dibdin Pitt's 1847 stage play, The String of Pearls or, The Fiend of Fleet Street, however, this soft side does not extend to her "assistants", whom she imprisons in the bakehouse and often works to death. In the Bond play and Sondheim musical, she takes in the young orphan Tobias Ragg and considers taking in Todd's daughter Johanna, as well. While she feels no remorse about using the bodies of Todd's victims in her pies, she is sometimes shown to have a softer side to those in need. In Christopher Bond's 1973 play Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and Stephen Sondheim's 1979 musical adaptation, before she goes into business with Todd she is living in poverty in a filthy, vermin-infested flat, and laments that her pies are the worst ones in London. Lovett's past history is not stated, usually she is depicted as a childless widow, although in some rare depictions, Mr. While in most versions of the Sweeney Todd story Mrs. She makes and sells meat pies made from Todd's victims. Lovett is the business partner and accomplice of barber/ serial killer Sweeney Todd in some versions, she is also his lover. In every version of the story in which she appears, Mrs. The character also appears in modern media related to Sweeney Todd including the Stephen Sondheim musical and its 2007 film adaptation. She makes meat pies from Todd’s victims.įirst appearing in the Victorian penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls, it is debated if she was based on an actual person or not. Lovett is an accomplice and business partner of Sweeney Todd, a barber and serial killer from Fleet Street. Her first name is most commonly referred to as Nellie, although she has also been referred to as Amelia, Margery, Maggie, Sarah, Shirley, Wilhelmina and Claudetta. Lovett is a fictional character appearing in many adaptations of the story Sweeney Todd. Lea Salonga (2019 Manila, 2019 Singapore) Siobhán McCarthy (2014 West End, 2017 Off-Broadway) Patti LuPone (2000 concert, 2005 Broadway) Julia McKenzie (1993 West End, 1994 BBC Radio) Lovett as portrayed by Helena Bonham Carter
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