<P> In 1846 , Benjamin Barker , a barber , arrives in London , accompanied by sailor Anthony Hope . Fifteen years earlier , he was falsely convicted and exiled by the corrupt Judge Turpin , who lusted after Barker 's wife Lucy . Barker adopts the alias `` Sweeney Todd '' and returns to his old Fleet Street shop , situated above Mrs. Nellie Lovett 's meat pie shop , where she sells the `` worst pies in London '' . Lovett tells him that Turpin raped Lucy , who then poisoned herself with arsenic . The couple 's daughter , Johanna , is now Turpin 's ward . Todd vows revenge , and re-opens his barber shop after Mrs. Lovett , who loves him unrequitedly , presents him with his old straight razors . Anthony becomes enamored with Johanna , but is caught by Turpin and driven away by his henchman , Beadle Bamford . </P>
<P> In 1846 , Benjamin Barker , a barber , arrives in London , accompanied by sailor Anthony Hope . Fifteen years earlier , he was falsely convicted and exiled by the corrupt Judge Turpin , who lusted after Barker 's wife Lucy . Barker adopts the alias `` Sweeney Todd '' and returns to his old Fleet Street shop , situated above Mrs. Nellie Lovett 's meat pie shop , where she sells the `` worst pies in London '' . Lovett tells him that Turpin raped Lucy , who then poisoned herself with arsenic . The couple 's daughter , Johanna , is now Turpin 's ward . Todd vows revenge , and re-opens his barber shop after Mrs. Lovett , who loves him unrequitedly , presents him with his old straight razors . Anthony becomes enamored with Johanna , but is caught by Turpin and driven away by his henchman , Beadle Bamford . </P>
who did sweeney todd meet on the ship back to london
who did sweeney todd meet on the ship back to london
Anthony Hope
Anthony Hope