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Lucy Barker
Sweeney Todd's wife
For the British actress, see Lucy May Barker. For the American painter, see Lucy Hayward Barker.
Fictional character
Lucy Barker is a fictional character that appears in some versions of the story Sweeney Todd.
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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. Years later, Benjamin Barker, now calling himself "Sweeney Todd", returns to London and his neighbor, Mrs.
Lovett tells Todd about Lucy poisoning herself, but leaves out that Lucy lived. He later finds Lucy as a beggar woman; not recognizing her, he slits her throat, before killing Mrs. Lovett.
Was sweeney todd realLucy appears in the musical adaptation Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street and the subsequent film adaptation. In the film, the character is portrayed by Laura Michelle Kelly. In the play she has been played most notab