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Lucy Barker is a fictional character that appears in some versions of the story Sweeney Todd. 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.
Lucy Barker, also called as Beggar Woman, is a major character in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. She is Sweeney Todd's wife and Johanna's mother. She is portrayed by Laura Michelle Kelly.
Lucy Barker was Benjamin Barker's wife and while he was arrested, she was sexually assaulted by Judge Turpin, which drove her to attempt suicide by poisoning. Mrs. Lovett tells Sweeney Todd (previously Benjamin Barker) that she had poisoned herself, however she conveniently forgets to add that...
Mrs. Lovett es un personaje de ficción que ha aparecido en muchas adaptaciones de la historia de Sweeney Todd. Ella, a veces con el nombre de Marjorie, Maggie, Sarah, Nellie, Shirley, Wilhemia o Claudetta.
Sweeney Todd, formerly known as Benjamin Barker, is the main protagonist and titular character of the Broadway musical and its film adaptation. Barker is married to Lucy Barker and together they have a daughter, Johanna.
Plot. In 1846, Benjamin Barker, a barber, arrives in London, accompanied by the young sailor Anthony Hope. Fifteen years earlier, he was falsely convicted and exiled to Australia by the corrupt Judge Turpin, who lusted after Barker's wife Lucy.
Mrs. Lovett recognizes him as her former tenant, Benjamin Barker, with whom she was (and is) secretly in love. She informs him that his wife, Lucy, was sexually abused by Judge Turpin, who had exiled Todd on a false charge, and informs Todd that Lucy was so distraught that she poisoned herself with arsenic.
