Sweeney Todd Fic-Writing Resources
Sweeney Todd
The String of Pearls - the original penny dreadful, online.
Sweeney Todd on Wikipedia
Sweeney Todd lyrics. Movie and musical.
The Costumer's Guide to Movie Costumes, with lots of ST pictures.
Sweeney Todd site that includes the libretto.
Background information
The Victorian Dictionary. Extremely comprehensive website covering, well, everything to do with Victorian London, from what was a barber's busiest working day, to what the price of meat really was, to just where Judge Turpin would obtain the contents of his library.
I thought this page about the pie trade was particularly interesting:
The meat pies consist of mutton and beef; the fruit, of apple, and, occasionally, mince-meat. These are sold in the streets at ld. each. A few years ago the meat and fruit pies used to sell very well, but lately too many of the people are out of work, and they have not any money to spend...
Also, the owner's blog, The Cat's Meat Shop, which has lots of great links, including one to his concise and informative introduction to Sweeney Todd; and his other site Victorian Etexts.
On Straight Razors - a detailed write-up of straight razors, by justawench.
Straight Razor Place Forums.
The Ladies' Treasury of Costume and Fashion. Women's clothes in the Victorian era.
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674 to 1834. "A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court."
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. Mrs Lovett would have to have a copy of this.
The Victorian Era at fashion-era.com. Victorian fashion information and other social history.
The String of Pearls - the original penny dreadful, online.
Sweeney Todd on Wikipedia
Sweeney Todd lyrics. Movie and musical.
The Costumer's Guide to Movie Costumes, with lots of ST pictures.
Sweeney Todd site that includes the libretto.
Background information
The Victorian Dictionary. Extremely comprehensive website covering, well, everything to do with Victorian London, from what was a barber's busiest working day, to what the price of meat really was, to just where Judge Turpin would obtain the contents of his library.
I thought this page about the pie trade was particularly interesting:
The meat pies consist of mutton and beef; the fruit, of apple, and, occasionally, mince-meat. These are sold in the streets at ld. each. A few years ago the meat and fruit pies used to sell very well, but lately too many of the people are out of work, and they have not any money to spend...
Also, the owner's blog, The Cat's Meat Shop, which has lots of great links, including one to his concise and informative introduction to Sweeney Todd; and his other site Victorian Etexts.
On Straight Razors - a detailed write-up of straight razors, by justawench.
Straight Razor Place Forums.
The Ladies' Treasury of Costume and Fashion. Women's clothes in the Victorian era.
The Proceedings of the Old Bailey, 1674 to 1834. "A fully searchable online edition of the largest body of texts detailing the lives of non-elite people ever published, containing accounts of over 100,000 criminal trials held at London's central criminal court."
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management. Mrs Lovett would have to have a copy of this.
The Victorian Era at fashion-era.com. Victorian fashion information and other social history.