Mrs. Lovett
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Mrs. Lovett is a central character in the musical horror story "Sweeney Todd," known as the pragmatic and morally dubious pie shop owner who partners with the vengeful barber in his murderous schemes.
All labels observed (3)
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
fictional character
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musical theatre character ⓘ stage character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
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surface form:
Sweeney Todd
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) ⓘ
surface form:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
|
| appearsInMedium |
film adaptation
ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ |
| basedOn | character from the Victorian penny dreadful The String of Pearls ⓘ |
| businessLocation |
Fleet Street
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surface form:
Fleet Street, London
|
| businessPartnerOf |
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
ⓘ
surface form:
Sweeney Todd
|
| characterTrait |
opportunistic
ⓘ
practical ⓘ resourceful ⓘ unscrupulous ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith | Sweeney Todd in disposing of bodies ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Hugh Wheeler
ⓘ
Stephen Sondheim ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse |
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
ⓘ
surface form:
Sweeney Todd universe
|
| firstAppearance |
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
ⓘ
surface form:
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 stage musical)
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| foodSold | meat pies ⓘ |
| genre |
dark comedy
ⓘ
horror ⓘ musical theatre ⓘ |
| knownFor |
making meat pies from murder victims
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participating in Sweeney Todd’s murderous schemes ⓘ running a pie shop beneath Sweeney Todd’s barbershop ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| methodOfDisposal | baking corpses into meat pies ⓘ |
| moralAlignment |
morally ambiguous
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pragmatic ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
antiheroine
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central character ⓘ |
| notableCharacteristic | turns murder into a business opportunity ⓘ |
| notableSong |
A Little Priest
ⓘ
By the Sea ⓘ The Worst Pies in London ⓘ |
| occupation |
baker
ⓘ
pie shop owner ⓘ |
| partnerOf |
Sweeney Todd (stage production)
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surface form:
Sweeney Todd
|
| portrayedBy |
Angela Lansbury
ⓘ
Helena Bonham Carter ⓘ Patti LuPone ⓘ |
| relationshipToSweeneyTodd |
accomplice
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business partner ⓘ secretly in love with Sweeney Todd ⓘ |
| setting |
London, England
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surface form:
London
|
| settingPeriod | 19th century ⓘ |
| species | human ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
this entity surface form:
Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway revival)