Judge Turpin

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Judge Turpin is the corrupt, tyrannical magistrate and primary antagonist in the musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."

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Label Occurrences
Judge Turpin canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist
fictional character
musical theatre character
villain
abuses judicial power
alignment corrupt
appearsIn Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)
surface form: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
appearsInFilm Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film)
associatedWith Beadle Bamford
basedOn character in Christopher Bond's play Sweeney Todd
collaboratesWith Beadle Bamford
createdBy Hugh Wheeler
Stephen Sondheim
desires Johanna Barker
enemyOf Benjamin Barker
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
surface form: Sweeney Todd
firstAppearance Sweeney Todd (stage production)
surface form: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 Broadway production)
genre dark comedy
horror musical
genreRole Gothic villain
guardianOf Johanna Barker
killedBy Sweeney Todd (stage production)
surface form: Sweeney Todd
kills Ma Barker
surface form: Lucy Barker (in some versions)
languageOfWork English
medium musical theatre
stage musical
motive abuse of power
lust for Johanna
narrativeRole primary antagonist
nationality English (fictional)
notableSong Johanna
surface form: Johanna (Judge Turpin’s version)

I Blame Myself
surface form: Mea Culpa
occupation judge
magistrate
personalityTrait tyrannical
portrayedBy Alan Rickman
relationshipToJohanna ward and guardian
responsibleFor exiling Benjamin Barker to Australia
wrongful transportation of Benjamin Barker
roleIn Sweeney Todd (stage production)
surface form: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
setting 19th-century London
themeEmbodies abuse of authority
corruption of justice
workType stage musical character

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Alan Rickman portrayed Judge Turpin
Toby associatedWithCharacter Judge Turpin
Johanna Barker raisedBy Judge Turpin
Johanna Barker wardOf Judge Turpin
Johanna Barker guardian Judge Turpin