Sweeney Todd
/ˌswiːni ˈtɒd/
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- an imaginary character, also known as the ' demon barber of Fleet Street', who first appeared in 18th-century English cheap magazines and plays. He is a London barber (= a person whose job is to cut men's hair and shave them) who kills his customers by cutting their throats and then sells their bodies to be made into meat pies. Sweeney Todd, a musical show with words and music by Stephen Sondheim, opened on Broadway in 1979.
一个虚构的角色，也被称为“舰队街的恶魔理发师”，他首次出现在18世纪的英国廉价杂志和戏剧中。他是伦敦的理发师（一个负责剪发和剃毛的人），他通过剪掉喉咙杀死顾客，然后将他们的尸体出售成肉馅饼。斯蒂芬·桑德海姆（Stephen Sondheim）演唱的音乐表演节目《理发师托德（Sweeney Todd）》于1979年在百老汇开幕。