The murderous barber in the Broadway musical Sweeney Todd is named Sweeney Todd.
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street features music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by Hugh Wheeler. The story follows Todd, who returns to Victorian London after wrongful imprisonment and seeks revenge against Judge Turpin, the man who destroyed his family.
Todd’s barber shop is closely connected to Mrs. Lovett’s pie shop. Their grisly partnership is central to the plot, but Lovett is not the barber’s surname; she is the owner of the neighboring business. The character’s full name is therefore Sweeney Todd, while Mrs. Lovett is a separate principal character.
The musical opened on Broadway in 1979 and won eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical and Best Actor in a Musical for Len Cariou.