Does Sweeney Todd get his daughter back?

She is rescued by Anthony, posing as a wig maker's apprentice. During the escape, she is forced to kill Fogg, the Asylum owner, when Anthony cannot bring himself to do so.
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What happens to the daughter in Sweeney Todd?

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. Lovett for lying to him by throwing her in the oven and is last seen dead holding Lucy. She was portrayed by Laurasia Michelle Kelly in the 2007 film adaptation.
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What happens to Anthony and Johanna?

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.
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Did Sweeney Todd have a daughter?

Johanna is Sweeney Todd and his wife Lucy's daughter, who was stolen from the barber many years ago by Judge Turpin who has taken her in as his ward.
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What did the judge do to Joanna?

In Sweeney Todd

Judge Turpin continuously pursues her, sending her flowers each day. He sends Beadle to summon her to his home, "[Blaming] himself for her dreadful plight." He drugs Lucy and rapes her, driving her insane. Turpin then takes Barker's daughter, Johanna, and raises her as his ward.
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What happens to Johanna at the end of the story?

Moving onto the events of Mockingjay, in the aftermath of Peeta's torture, he gets hijacked by the Capitol and makes Katniss out as a target to kill. Johanna, however, during her time at the Capitol, gets soaked in water and electrocuted — which I imagine is about as bad as it gets.
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Does Sweeney Todd ever meet his daughter?

From there she presumably witnesses Todd's murders of the Beggar Woman and the Judge. She is nearly murdered by her father when he discovers her, as he does not recognize her as his daughter (seeing as he had never met her since infancy and because she is disguised as a young man).
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Does Sweeney love Mrs. Lovett?

In every version of the story in which she appears, Mrs. Lovett is the business partner and accomplice of barber/serial killer Sweeney Todd; in some versions, she is also his lover. She makes and sells meat pies made from Todd's victims. While in most versions of the Sweeney Todd story Mrs.
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Why does Mrs. Lovett lock Toby?

Worried that he knows too much, Mrs. Lovett locks Toby in the bakehouse under the pretext of teaching him how to grind meat.
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What happens after the end of Sweeney Todd?

Sweeney Todd ends with the barber murdering Lovett for claiming Lucy had died years previously before his throat is in turn slit by Toby (Ed Sanders), a young boy in her care. It's implied that Todd allows Toby to kill him, but the original script makes this far more explicit.
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Does Toby become Jack the Ripper?

The film's Toby grows up to be Jack the Ripper. Advertisement: allow Toby to grow up into this persona and the fact that, in the late 19th century barbers were still the place to go for minor surgical procedures where Toby could have watched and studied Sweeney in his work, plus a little hatred of women because of Mrs.
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Did Judge Turpin do to Lucy?

Lucy Barker is a fictional character that appears in some versions of the story Sweeney Todd. Lucy is the wife of barber Benjamin Barker, who is unjustly imprisoned by Judge Turpin, who wants Lucy for himself. After Turpin rapes her, Lucy attempts suicide with poison, but survives and goes insane.
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How does Mrs. Lovett know Lucy?

She is referred to by almost every character within the musical Sweeney Todd as “Mrs. Lovett”, including Sweeney himself, who stays in the flat above her shop, committing his murderous misdeeds. She knew Sweeney prior to his imprisonment, when he went by Benjamin Barker, and knew his wife Lucy.
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Is Mrs. Lovett Lucy?

Lucy, as the beggar woman, refers to Lovett as “the devil's wife”, “a witch” and simply “her,” thereby labelling her as a mischievous, manipulative woman. Mrs Lovett's plan backfires on her in the end, and she gets her comeuppance as Todd lunges her into the bake oven and lets her burn to death.
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Is there a sequel to Sweeney Todd?

Sweeney is back after three decades, according to the genius behind the hit musical.
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Does Captain Kidd adopt Johanna?

In a final twist, however, Kidd returns to Castroville, rescues Johanna from a life of servitude, and then begins a new journey with his adoptive daughter. Here's a complete ending breakdown for News of the World.
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Does Johanna survive?

Johanna survives the initial Cornucopia bloodbath and managed to get some axes before going into the forest. She tries to kill the District 10 female with one of her axes but the girl was able to dodge it.
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How did Johanna win?

Johanna (Jena Malone) wins the 71st Hunger Games by pretending to be weak, so that other tributes ignore her while they take one another out. She viciously kills the remaining tributes, once the field is narrowed down.
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What is the whistle in Sweeney Todd?

re: Sweeney Todd Whistle

It was a loud policeman's whistle (from the appropriate period of the day). Tunick featured it prominently in his original orchestrations. It was meant to be surreally loud and unsettling.
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Is Sweeney Todd True story?

It has been generally accepted that Todd never actually existed and that, like Bram Stoker's Count Dracula, he is an amalgam of different sources, a composite of obscure horror tales, known murderers, folklore and the very human fear of cannibalism.
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Is Sweeney Todd The Barber of Seville?

Singing Barbers: Although Stephen Sondheim was inspired by the Victorian penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls, Sweeney Todd owes a tip of the hat (or razor) to The Barber of Seville.
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Why is Sweeney Todd an 18?

Extreme violence, a disturbing dark ethic, and a bloodthirsty and nauseous story about cannibalism. Not for young children.
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Why did Benjamin Barker change his name?

Barker was falsely imprisoned for 15 years by a man who coveted his wife. When Barker escaped and returns to London, he takes the name of Todd, as he needs a new name to hide while his dirty work is done. Obviously this is a retcon, retroactively working from the characters name being required.
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How many Sweeney Todd movies are there?

After being introduced in the 1840s, Sweeney Todd aka the Demon Barber of Fleet Street has been the subject of countless multimedia adaptations, including five feature films released between 1926 and 2007.
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Where is Sweeney Todd buried?

With his lover, the pie-maker Margery Lovett, he discovered a disused underground tunnel leading from the cellar of Sweeney's shop, that ran beneath St Dunstan's Church and the burial crypt, finishing up under Mrs.
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