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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Johanna and Anthony:

He shaved the faces of gentlemen

Who never thereafter were heard of again.

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Tobias:

Attend the tale of Sweeney Todd.

His skin was pale and his eye was odd.

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Tobias:

(Sees Todd, speaks)

Mr. Todd.

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Mrs. Lovett:

Oh, Mr. Todd,

Ooh, Mr. Todd,

Leave it to me…

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Todd:

The history of the world, my pet —

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(Todd rises, soft and smiling, Mrs. Lovett takes a step away in panic. Waltz music starts)

Todd:

Mrs. Lovett,

You’re a bloody wonder,

Eminently practical and yet

Appropriate as always.

As you’ve said repeatedly,

There’s little point in dwelling on the past.

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Johanna (Deepening her voice): Oh, dear. Er — excuse me, sir. I saw the barber's sign. So thinking to ask for a shave, I —

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Mrs. Lovett: He was clutching, holding on to my skirt, but now — he’s finished.

(Continues dragging Beggar Woman to oven)

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Mrs. Lovett:

I’d be twice the wife she was!

I love you!

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Mrs. Lovett:

Should’ve been in hospital,

Wound up in Bedlam instead,

Poor thing!

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Todd:

Lucy…

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Mrs. Lovett: Your Lucy! A crazy hag picking bones and rotten spuds out of alley ashcans! Would you have wanted to know that was all that was left of her?

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Todd: Leave them to me. Open the doors.

(He starts to shove her toward the oven)

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Mrs. Lovett:

But it left her weak in the head,

All she did for months was just lie there in bed —

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Mrs. Lovett (Sings):

No, no, not lied at all.

No, I never lied.

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Todd (To the Beggar Woman):

Lucy…

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Todd (Slowly looking up): You lied to me.