She was portrayed by Laurasia Michelle Kelly in the 2007 film adaptation. Lovett for lying to him by throwing her in the oven and is last seen dead holding Lucy. Lucy was murdered by mistake by her husband Sweeney Todd "Benjamin Barker" in which he shows extreme remorse and in rage Sweeney Todd kills Mrs. Lucy is also seen wandering around Sweeney's barbershop, her old home, which is a weak insinuation that she does have a bit of memory regarding her past. Also, more tragically, while she knows Johanna's name, she does not remember the girl as her daughter. She cannot remember anything from her past and therefore shows no bitterness towards Turpin. She meets Anthony and during their brief acquaintance she tells him that Johanna is Judge Turpin's ward. After the Judge raped her, he took her daughter, Johanna Barker, as his ward.ĭuring the movie, Lucy wanders as a beggar woman. Although she survives, she is left mentally insane from it. Lovett tells Sweeney Todd (previously Benjamin Barker) that she had poisoned herself, however she conveniently forgets to add that she survived the attempted suicide. He is also known for playing George Washington in Hamilton and Hans in Frozen.Lucy Barker was Benjamin Barker's wife and while he was arrested, she was raped by Judge Turpin, which drove her to attempt suicide by poisoning. Quinn Husband took on the role of Anthony Hope in the 2021 low-budget film. Jamie Campbell Bower played the role in the 2007 film. Though the ending of Anthony's story is never revealed in the play, it is implied that he and Johanna left London, got married in France and are now living happily ever after.Īnthony Hope was portrayed by Canadian actor, Victor Garber, in the original Broadway production in 1979. Anthony does this and then rescues Johanna, bringing her (disguised as a young lad) back to Sweeney Todd's shop as he fetches a coach. Returning to the barber shop, Sweeney Todd suggests that Anthony pretends to be a wig-maker's apprentice so that he can gain access to the Asylum. As Turpin wanted to marry Johanna himself, he is so angry and brokenhearted that he sends her away to Fogg's Asylum for the mentally deranged. Turpin is livid and returns home to find Johanna packing. Later on, Anthony comes back to Todd with more details to his plan, only to find Judge Turpin sitting in the barber's chair.
Todd and Lovett both agree to this, and Anthony leaves. He asks if he can bring Johanna to the shop to keep her safe temporarily, while he hires transportation to take them both away so that they can elope.
On one of his visits, Johanna throws him the key to the house which signals that she wants to meet him.īecause Anthony knows hardly anyone in London, he heads to Fleet Street and finds Sweeney Todd's barber shop, above Mrs. Anthony, however, continues to visit the house a few times when the Judge is away at court so that he will not be seen. Turpin's lackey, Beadle Bamford, then beats Anthony with his walking stick to teach him a lesson and leaves him bloody and injured outside the house. Judge Turpin, however, has noticed Anthony and threatens him with death if he is ever seen near the house again. He instantly falls in love with Johanna and wants to set her free.
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While he‘s sitting on a bench one day reading in front of a house, he sees a pale, beautiful young girl with yellow hair sitting in her window, singing about how she wishes that she were free ( Green Finch and Linnet Bird).Īnthony asks a poor beggar woman about the girl and learns that her name is Johanna Barker, kept locked up by the sinister Judge Turpin. Anthony and Todd then part ways, and Anthony is on his own looking for Hyde Park. Sweeney Todd joins in to the song, in which we see that he finds it difficult to return to London after his trying ordeal. As this is Anthony's first time in London, he sees it as a place of majesty and beauty. Anthony Hope is a young sailor who helped Sweeney Todd by allowing him to board on the ship he was sailing on that was heading to London.Īs they approach the city, Anthony sings the song No Place Like London.
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