Up to the present moment a debate has been going on " whether the demon-barber of Fleet Street had a real-life prototype. For the very first time, a character under the name of Sweeney Todd appeared in the series of Penny Dreadful stories written by Thomas Peckett Prest in 1846. Later, the stories were collected […] The full version of the article Sweeney Todd: Not a Demon, But a Barber of Fleet Street is available…
SOURCE: thetheatretimes.com at 01:55PM on September 24, 2023