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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

1979 musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

Summary

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street is a dramatico-musical work[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,738 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street received the The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — award received (P166): Laurence Olivier Awards[3].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street received the The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — award received (P166): Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album[4].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street received the The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — award received (P166): Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical[5].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street received the The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — award received (P166): National Board of Review Award for Best Director[6].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street's instance of is recorded as The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — instance of (P31): dramatico-musical work[7].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street's composer is recorded as The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — composer (P86): Stephen Sondheim[8].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street's librettist is recorded as The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — librettist (P87): Hugh Wheeler[9].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street's based on is recorded as The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — based on (P144): Sweeney Todd[10].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street's Commons category is recorded as Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (musical)[11].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street's language of work or name is recorded as The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — language of work or name (P407): English[12].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street comprises The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — has part(s) (P527): By the Sea[13].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street's lyricist is recorded as The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — lyricist (P676): Stephen Sondheim[14].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street's date of first performance is recorded as 1979[15].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street's nominated for is recorded as The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — nominated for (P1411): Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical[16].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street's nominated for is recorded as The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — nominated for (P1411): Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album[17].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Sweeney Todd'}[18].
  • Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street's form of creative work is recorded as The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — form of creative work (P7937): musical[19].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Musical[20]

  • MusicBrainz ID: df32fd68-ff55-4d83-90c3-e2f587cf2b5d[21]

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Recognition

Awards received include The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — award received (P166): Laurence Olivier Awards[3], a group of awards[22], in United Kingdom[23], founded in 1976[24]; The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — award received (P166): Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album[4], a class of award[25], in United States[26], founded in 1959[27]; The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — award received (P166): Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical[5], a class of award[28], in United States[29], founded in 1959[30]; and The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — award received (P166): National Board of Review Award for Best Director[6], an award for best direction[31], in United States[32], founded in 1945[33].

Why It Matters

Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ranks in the top 1% of dramatico_musical_work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,738 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[34] It is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[35]

FAQs

What awards did Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street receive?

Honors received include The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — award received (P166): Laurence Olivier Awards[3], The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — award received (P166): Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album[4], The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — award received (P166): Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Classical[5], and The Demon Barber of Fleet Street — award received (P166): National Board of Review Award for Best Director[6].

Related Entities

Imelda Staunton Stephen Sondheim Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . pcs.org. Retrieved . pcs.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [20] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [22] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [25] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [26] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [27] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  7. [28] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  8. [29] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  9. [30] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  10. [31] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  11. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  12. [33] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [34] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [35] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 12w ago · Ksn.kenny · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Composer → Stephen Sondheim
    Instance of → —
    Lyricist → Stephen Sondheim
    Librettist → Hugh Wheeler
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