Editing Sweeney Todd (section)

==In literature==
A late 1890s reference to the legend of the murderous barber can be found in the poem by the Australian [[bush poet]] [[Banjo Paterson]], "[[The Man from Ironbark]]".

In [[Cozette de Charmoy]]'s 1973 "collage novel", ''The True Life of Sweeney Todd'', the character appears as a politically aware figure of social satire.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Nesvet |first=Rebecca |date=2024 |title=“Like a polish’d razor keen”: Sweeney Todd, Figaro in London, and Transmedia Satire |url=https://victorianpopularfiction.org/publications/1200-2/victorian-popular-fictions-volume-6-issue-2-autumn-2024/victorian-popular-fictions-6-2-3-nesvet/ |journal=Victorian Popular Fictions |volume=6 |issue=2 |pages=29-48}}</ref>

In his 2012 novel'' [[Dodger (novel)|Dodger]]'', [[Terry Pratchett]] portrays Sweeney Todd as a tragic character, having lost his mind after being exposed to the horrors of the [[Napoleonic Wars]] as a [[barber surgeon]].