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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
musical theatre character
stage character
appearsIn Sweeney Todd (stage production)
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
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)
foodSold meat pies
genre dark comedy
horror
musical theatre
knownFor making meat pies from murder victims
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
pragmatic
narrativeRole antiheroine
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)
surface form: Sweeney Todd
portrayedBy Angela Lansbury
Helena Bonham Carter
Patti LuPone
relationshipToSweeneyTodd accomplice
business partner
secretly in love with Sweeney Todd
setting London, England
surface form: London
settingPeriod 19th century
species human

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Angela Lansbury notableRole Mrs. Lovett
Patti LuPone role Mrs. Lovett
this entity surface form: Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Toby guardianInStory Mrs. Lovett
Toby associatedWithCharacter Mrs. Lovett
Annaleigh Ashford notableRole Mrs. Lovett
this entity surface form: Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway revival)