Sweeney Todd - London National Theatre Cast

London's National Theatre cast at the Olivier Awards 1994. The film is very dark, particularly to start, but stick with for a great rendition of The Worst Pies in London by Julia McKenzie.

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• Sweeney
• Todd
• Stephen
• Sondheim
• Julia
• McKenzie
• National
• Theatre
• Worst
• Pies
• In
• London

[ActorJames9421]

This Mrs. Lovett is perfect. Half crazed and not too pretty. All the other Lovetts are too perfect. She has the qualities of Lovett, while being imperfect!

[bobulous1993]

AMAZING =]

i forget if i already commented but I love the way that its slightly londonish (cockney?) accents, as the story is set in london

its brilliant ;]

[30Roxie]

This is great. Julia Mckenzie, keeps it real, raw and just true to the character. Brilliant!

[AnAuthenticRose]

@Boonedaba oh okee.. :)

[Boonedaba]

@AnAuthenticRose I meant to say hate. Also, Have you seen the original broadway DVD? Also, the broadway revival is good. It's an unpopular opinion that people preffer HBC as Lovett. Not sating you have to change your opinion. It's suprising that's all.

[AnAuthenticRose]

@Boonedaba ?

[Boonedaba]

@AnAuthenticRose Geot outta town.

[jcanepa07]

This seems like an interesting production. I like the dirt/dingy/grime/realism of how they portrayed it. The original Broadway company had a slightly surreal/colorful/spunky attitude to it that works, but isn't near what should be portrayed for people in the lower class in London in the 1840s.

[lcv2030]

watched this production when I was 14, my dad took me (he introduced me to the theater), I was transfixed by this and fell in love with Stephen Sondheim, as well as most of the cast, (Adrian Lester) - we saw this production twice with both Armstrong as Sweeney and Quilley as Sweeney. I have since seen quite a few other productions, but this was the best and most memorable- love it!

[AnAuthenticRose]

hate mrs.lovett.. :( prefer helena bonham carter. :p

[143clancy]

Julia McKenzie is fabulous - amazing to see her now playing Miss Marple!!

[MithraMusic]

I don't know why you're apologizing for the darkness of it--the grungy qualities of the video are really cool IMO. I really like how raw she is here, but I feel like while that's awesome for an extra with just a few lines (like the Beggar Woman) it might be a bit too much for a leading lady for the whole show. But this video is all I've seen of her so I could be very wrong!