Editing Sweeney Todd (section)

===Radio and audio plays===
* In 1932, [[Tod Slaughter]] recorded on [[Regal Zonophone Records]] an abridged version of the Sweeney Todd story based on his famous stage performance; this version was re-released during 2013 digitally along with a similarly abridged recorded version for Regal Zonophone of his stage performance in ''[[Red Barn Murder|Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn]]''.<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Tod-Slaughter-Master-Melodrama-Sweeney/dp/B00HN3UMVO/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Tod+Slaughter&qid=1563807489&s=dmusic&sr=1-1 "Tod Slaughter – the Master of Melodrama in ''Sweeney Todd – the Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' and ''Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn''"]. Amazon.com.</ref>
* "The Strange Case of the Demon Barber" (January 8, 1946), an adaptation of the Sweeney Todd story featured in an episode of the radio drama ''[[The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes]]''. In this interpretation, an actor playing the character on stage begins to believe he is committing similar murders while sleepwalking, while [[Sherlock Holmes]] and [[Dr. Watson]] uncover evidence that may prove his sanity.
* In 1947, the [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]]'s ''[[CBC Radio One|CBC]] Stage Series'' broadcast a radio adaptation by [[Ronald Hambleton]] of the George Dibdin Pitt play featuring [[Mavor Moore]] as Todd, [[Jane Mallett]] as Mrs. Lovett, [[John Drainie]] as Tobias, [[Lloyd Bochner]] as Mark Ingestrie, [[Bernard Braden]] as Jarvis Williams, [[Lister Sinclair]] as The Guide and Arden Kaye as Johanna Oakley. The production was directed by Andrew Allan, with original music composed by [[Lucio Agostini]].
* In 1994, the 1993 National Theatre production was adapted and recorded for radio and broadcast on [[BBC Radio 2]] with [[Denis Quilley]] as Todd and [[Julia McKenzie]] as Mrs. Lovett.
* The second episode of the BBC Radio comedy series ''1835'', entitled "Haircut, Sir?" (broadcast in 2004) portrayed aristocrat Viscount Belport and his servant Ned ([[Jason Done]]) joining Sir Robert Peel's police force and encountering demon barber Sweeney Todd on their first case.
* ''Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls: An Audio Melodrama in Three Despicable Acts'' (2007), an audio play by [[Yuri Rasovsky]], won three 2008 [[Audie Award]]s for best audio drama, best original work, and achievement in production.
* In March 2021, [[BBC Radio 4]] broadcast ''Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls'', a two-part adaptation by Archie Scottney of the [[Thomas Peckett Prest|Prest]] novel/serial, directed by [[Rosalind Ayres]] and with [[Martin Jarvis (actor)|Martin Jarvis]] as Sweeney Todd, [[Joanne Whalley]] as Mrs. Lovett, [[Rufus Sewell]] as Colonel Jeffries, [[Moira Quirk]] as Joanna and [[Ian Ogilvy]] as Major Bounce.<ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000t4kh “Sweeney Todd and the String of Pearls”]. BBC. Retrieved 24 July 2021</ref>