How about a shave?
In honor of the forthcoming Sweeney Todd, Victorian London has posted the penny dreadful The String of Pearls (1846-47).
Additional Sweeney links:
- More penny dreadfuls
- Official film site
- Stephen Sondheim Reference Guide: Sweeney Todd
- The current national tour
- Crime Library account
- PBS discussion of Sweeney Todd and his antecedents
- Youtube: revival self-parodies one (BC/EFA Easter Bonnet competition, 2006) and two--probably NSFW due to profanity (BC/EFA Gypsy of the Year competition, 2005)