Everyday Sweeney Todd Quotes

It is what it's on the tin, I flip through the libretto and I see what I land on

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Todd:

Nothing to be afraid of, boy…

(Closes the trap door, peers into the darkness)

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Mrs. Lovett:

Not while I’m around.

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Mrs. Lovett:

Where are you hiding?

Nothing’s gonna harm you,

Darling…

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Anthony: Johanna!

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Anthony (Drawing his pistol): Unhand her!

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Fogg: Why you — !

(Clutching the scissors, he moves resolutely toward Anthony. Anthony backs away a few steps, but Fogg keeps coming)

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Anthony: Stop, Mr. Fogg, or I’ll fire.

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Anthony: This one here has the shade I seek.

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Company (Variously):

The engine roared, the motor hissed,

And who could see how the road would twist?

In Sweeney’s ledge the entries matched:

A Beadle arrived, and a Beadle dispatched

To satisfy the hungry god

Of Sweeney Todd,

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Mrs. Lovett: You — worrying about the bloody Judge at a time like this!

(Grabbing his arm and pulling him toward the door)

Come on.

(The scene blacks out. Members of the company appear and sing)

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Todd: It’s done.

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Mrs. Lovett:

… With a row dow diddle dow day.

(as she gets up from the harmonium, Todd hurries in)

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Mrs. Lovett: Not yet it isn’t! The boy, he’s guessed.

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Todd (Bowing to the Beadle): I am, sir, entirely at your — disposal.

(The two men exit. Mrs. Lovett hesitates, then speaks)

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Beadle:

Ding dong!

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Beadle:

(resumes singing)

Ding dong!

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Beadle: Well that’s real friendly of him.

(Immovable, he starts to sing another verse)

If four bells ring in the Tower of —