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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 sexually abuses her, Lucy attempts suicide with poison, but survives and goes insane.
Lucy Barker was Benjamin Barker's wife and while he was arrested, she was sexually assaulted by Judge Turpin, which drove her to attempt suicide by poisoning. Mrs. Lovett tells Sweeney Todd (previously Benjamin Barker) that she had poisoned herself, however she conveniently forgets to add that...
Lucy Barker, also called as Beggar Woman, is a major character in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. She is Sweeney Todd's wife and Johanna's mother. She is portrayed by Laura Michelle Kelly.
Sweeney Todd, formerly known as Benjamin Barker, is the main protagonist and titular character of the Broadway musical and its film adaptation. Barker is married to Lucy Barker and together they have a daughter, Johanna. Barker served 15 years of a life sentence in a labor camp in Australia...
Plot. In 1846, Benjamin Barker, a barber, arrives in London, accompanied by the young sailor Anthony Hope. Fifteen years earlier, he was falsely convicted and exiled to Australia by the corrupt Judge Turpin, who lusted after Barker's wife Lucy.
Adopting the new name Sweeney Todd, he returns to his old barbershop above Mrs. Lovett's pie shop, where he learns from her that Judge Turpin, soon after having him transported, lured Lucy Barker to a masquerade ball at his mansion under the viel of an apology.
Sweeney Todd is a fictional character who first appeared as the villain of the penny dreadful serial The String of Pearls (1846–1847). The original tale became a feature of 19th-century melodrama and London legend.
