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Quotes
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Anthony Hope : [singing in the first lines] I have sailed the world, beheld its wonders, from the Dardanelles to the mountains of Peru. But there's no place like London.
Sweeney Todd : No, there's no place like London.
Anthony Hope : [spoken] Mr. Todd?
Sweeney Todd : You are young. Life has been kind to you. You will learn.
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Sweeney Todd : [sings] There was a barber and his wife, / And she was beautiful. / A foolish barber and his wife. / She was his reason and his life, / And she was beautiful. / And she was virtuous. / And he was... naive. / There was another man who saw / That she was beautiful, / A pious vulture of the law, / Who with a gesture of his claw / Removed the barber from his plate. / Then there was nothing but to wait / And she would fall, / So soft, / So young, / So lost, / And oh, so beautiful.
Anthony Hope : And the lady, sir, did she succumb?
Sweeney Todd : [sings] Oh, that was many years ago... / I doubt if anyone would know.
[turns and speaks to Anthony]
Sweeney Todd : I'd like to thank you, Anthony. If you hadn't spotted me, I would be lost on the ocean still.
Anthony Hope : Will I see you again?
Sweeney Todd : You might find me, if you like, around Fleet Street, I wouldn't wonder.
[looks down the street]
Anthony Hope : [holds out his hand for Sweeney to shake] Until then, my friend.
[Sweeney ignores Anthony and walks down the street]
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Anthony Hope : [Johanna is being hauled off to the asylum] Where are you taking her? Tell me or I'll...
Judge Turpin : You'll kill me, boy? Well here I stand!
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Judge Turpin : Oh yes... such practices. The Geishas of Japan, the concubines of Siam, the catamites of Greece, the harlots of India. I have them all here, drawings of them. Everything you've ever dreamed of doing with a woman. Would you like to see?
Anthony Hope : I think there's been some mistake.
Judge Turpin : I think not. You gandered at my ward, Johanna. You gandered at her. YES, sir, you gandered!
Anthony Hope : I meant no harm.
Judge Turpin : Your meaning is immaterial. Mark me! If I see your face again on this street, you'll rue the day you were born.
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Anthony Hope : You wait for him here. I'll return with a coach in less than half an hour. Don't worry no one'll recognize you. You're safe now.
Johanna : Safe? So we run away and then all our dreams come true?
Anthony Hope : I hope so.
Johanna : I've never had dreams. Only nightmares.
Anthony Hope : Johanna... when we're free of this place, all the ghosts will go away.
Johanna : No, Anthony. They never go away.
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[Judge Turpin leaves from the barbershop thanks to Anthony's blundering]
Sweeney Todd : [quietly] Out.
Anthony Hope : Mr. Todd... you have to help me!
Sweeney Todd : [louder] Out.
Anthony Hope : [persistent] Mr. Todd, please, I...
Sweeney Todd : [roars] *Out*!
[Anthony runs out, and Mrs. Lovett hurries in]
Mrs. Lovett : [arriving] All this running and shouting, wot's going on?
Sweeney Todd : [sings] I had him! His throat was bare, beneath my hand!
Mrs. Lovett : There, there, dear, calm down...
Sweeney Todd : No! I had him! His throat was there, and now he'll never come again!
Mrs. Lovett : [sings to calm him] Easy now. Hush, love, hush. / I keep telling you,
Sweeney Todd : *When*?
Mrs. Lovett : What's your rush?
Sweeney Todd : Why did I wait? / You told me to wait! / Now he'll never come again!
[he goes toward the window and looks at it]
Sweeney Todd : There's a hole in the world like a great black pit, / And it's filled with people who are filled with shit, / And the vermin of the world inhabit it, / But not for loooong!
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Anthony Hope : [sings] I feel you, Johanna, / I feel you. / Do they think that walls can hide you? / Even now I'm at your window. / I am in the dark beside you, / Buried sweetly in your yellow hair, / Johanna...
Sweeney Todd : [sings] And are you beautiful and pale, / With yellow hair, like her? / I want you beautiful and pale, / The way I've dreamed you were, / Johanna...
Anthony Hope : Johanna...
Sweeney Todd : And if you're beautiful, what then, / With yellow hair, like wheat? / I think we shall not meet again, / My little dove, my sweet Johanna...
Anthony Hope : I'll steal you, Johanna...
Sweeney Todd : Goodbye, Johanna. / You're gone, and yet you're mine. / I'm fine, Johanna, / I'm fine.
Anthony Hope : Johanna...
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Sweeney Todd : [sings] And if I never hear your voice, / My turtledove, my dear, / I still have reason to rejoice: / The way ahead is clear, / Johanna...
Anthony Hope : [sings] I feel you, Johanna...
Sweeney Todd : And in that darkness when I'm blind / With what I can't forget / It's always morning in my mind, / My little lamb, my pet, / Johanna... / You stay, Johanna, / The way I've dreamed you are. / Oh look, Johanna, / A star! / A shooting star!
Anthony Hope : Buried sweetly in your yellow hair...
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Sweeney Todd : [sings] And though I'll think of you, I guess, / Until the day I die, / I think I miss you less and less / As every day goes by, / Johanna...
Anthony Hope : [sings] Johanna...
Sweeney Todd : And you'd be beautiful and pale, / And look too much like her. / If only angels could prevail, / We'd be the way we were, / Johanna...
Anthony Hope : I feel you, Johanna...
Sweeney Todd : Wake up, Johanna! / Another bright red day! / We learn, Johanna, / To say / Goodbye...
Anthony Hope : I'll steal you...
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[Anthony barges into the barbershop, not realizing that Todd and the Judge are there]
Anthony Hope : Mr. Todd! I'm running away with Johanna! She'll marry me Sunday!
[He stops short as he sees the judge in the barber's chair]
Anthony Hope : [the Judge hears this and gets angry]
Judge Turpin : You... there is indeed a higher power to warn me thus in time.
[wipes his face and goes to Anthony]
Judge Turpin : Johanna, elope with you? I'll make sure that neither you nor any other man shall ever set eyes in her again!
[turns to Todd]
Judge Turpin : And as for you, barber... that's all too clear what company you keep! Serve them well and hold their custom, for you'll have none of mine!
[storms out of the barbershop]
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[from trailer]
Anthony Hope : [comes rushing in looking for Sweeney only to see Mrs.Lovett] Oh, I'm sorry. Excuse me...
Mrs. Lovett : Mrs.Lovett, son.
Anthony Hope : A pleasure, ma'am.
[he finally see's Sweeney]
Anthony Hope : [really quickly] Mr.Todd, there's a girl who needs my help. Such a sad girl, and lonely but beautiful to and...
Sweeney Todd : [he leads Antony to a chair] Slow down, son.
Anthony Hope : [sits down] Yes, I'm sorry. This girl has a guardian who keeps her locked away, but then this morning she dropped this
[holds up a key]
Anthony Hope : surely a sign that Johanna wants me to help her. That's her name, Johanna, and Turpin is her guardian. He's a judge of some sort. Once he goes to court, I'm going to skip into the house, release her, and beg her to come away with me tonight!
Mrs. Lovett : Oh, this is very romantic.
Anthony Hope : [he turns to Mrs.Lovett] Yes.
[he turns back to Todd]
Anthony Hope : But I don't know anyone in London, you see, and I need somewhere safe to bring her until I've hired a coach to take us away. If I could keep her just for an hour or two, I'd be forever in your debt.
Mrs. Lovett : Bring her 'ere, love.
Anthony Hope : [to Mrs.Lovett] Thank you, ma'am.
Anthony Hope : [to Todd]
Anthony Hope : Mr.Todd...?
Sweeney Todd : [Sweeney can only nod in agreement]
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Anthony Hope : Is everything alright, Mister Todd?
Sweeney Todd : I beg your indulgence, Anthony. My mind is far from easy. In these once familiar streets I feel shadows... everywhere...
Anthony Hope : Shadows?
Sweeney Todd : ...Ghosts.