re: Analyzing Sweeney Todd solely based on the original production
Okay, wow. I just read every post of this thread because I had been hearing people debate something from the play (of course, sparked by the movie, since it's in theater right now). Is Lucy Anthony's actual mother? I looked up the script of the play, and it says: "ANTHONY: One moment, mother. (She turns) Perhaps you know whose house this is? BEGGAR WOMAN: That! That's the great JUDGE TURPIN's house, that is." The question was whether Anthony was using "mother" to be polite or whether she actu...
