Word: turpin
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Traditionally, Todd is portrayed as a commanding force—his mere presence terrifies. Here the demonic barber, played by Benjamin D. Margo ’04, is a child in a monster’s body. The loss of his wife to the sexual deviance of Judge Turpin (George F. Broadwater ’04) has left him spiritless and empty. Upon his first entrance he sits on the front of the stage, his right arm in a sling—a physical disability that mirrors an internal one. His mission, to avenge the destruction of his family, emerges...
...story centers around the brooding title character and the complex network of relationships that cause his macabre exploits. At the outset of the musical, Sweeney emerges from a 15-year exile imposed by the corrupt Judge Turpin, who lusted after his wife. Sweeney returns to London only to be greeted with news from Mrs. Lovett, a baker of unsavory meat pies, that the judge has raped his wife (leading her to poison herself) and taken their daughter Johanna as his ward. While Sweeney slaved “in a living hell,” Johanna has grown into a beautiful...