Christopher Bond's: "SWEENEY TODD"

Has anyone here ever seen/read the dramatic adaptation? How does it differ, exactly?

And what license company carries it? I know a few people considering doing a dramatic adaptation but satisfy an audience expecting the musical. I've looked EVERY WHERE but cannot cease to find it :c

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Having just directed a production of Sweeney, and reading the Bond script beforehand, it's amazing how inspired Sondheim was by that version. There are differences in the story, but when you read it you'll be surprised at how much of it sounds familiar. Of course, Sondheim made it all his own - but, there are scenes in the Bond script where it reads like Sondheim just added music to them. Sondheim actually saw a production of the Bond version in London in the late 60's/early 70's, which inspired him to write the musical.

I believe the theatre order the Bond script off of Amazon. But not sure about that.

Using "Adaptation" is correct for Bond's play, as they're both based on a much older source.

From what I've read, Christopher Bond is the one who made Sweeney Todd what he is, a tragic, anti-hero. In the original penny dreadfuls, Sweeney Todd was just a serial killer with no goal. Bond gave him that focus - to avenge his wife and kill the Judge.

So, yes, Bond created Sweeney Todd.

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Sorry - I did make it sound like Sondheim is solely responsible for the musical. My apologies to Mr. Wheeler. To be more specific, the lyrics were clearly inspired by the dialogue in the Bond script.
Fellow posters are correct - Bond was the first to give Sweeney a bit of a soul, and humanize him. Sondheim elaborated on certain characters and relationships, but other than that not many differences in story between the Bond version and the Sondheim/Wheeler musical.