London Elephant Theatre – Sweeney Todd – 1928

About this Sweeney Todd theatre programme

An original theatre programme for Sweeney Todd at the Elephant Theatre, London, dated 21 February 1928. The cast includes J Edwards Martin, Wilfred Lawson, Roy Jackson, Clifford Spur, Judeth Nelmes and Lillian Tucker. The gruesome tale of the demon barber of Fleet Street has thrilled audiences since Victorian times, and South London’s Elephant and Castle was a traditional home of blood-and-thunder melodrama. A wonderful piece of melodrama history for collectors of old theatre programmes.

Condition: V Good, cfld, locr, slrs, nof (what the codes mean)

Did you know?

• Sweeney Todd first appeared in the penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls in 1846-47, and was quickly adapted for the stage.
• Wilfred Lawson later played Alfred Doolittle in the 1938 film of Pygmalion.
• Stephen Sondheim’s musical version, Sweeney Todd, premiered on Broadway in 1979.