Christopher Bond

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Christopher Godfrey Bond (b. 1945)[1] is a British playwright whose 1973 retelling[2] of the Victorian tale Sweeney Todd formed the basis of Stephen Sondheim's musical of the same name, with book by Hugh Wheeler. He currently lives in West Cornwall.

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  1. ^ Sondheim, Stephen; Wheeler, Hugh; Bond, C.G. (1991). Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street. Applause musical library. New York, NY: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. ISBN 1557830657.  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
  2. ^ Michael Portillo (9 August 2004). "Murder most foul". New Statesman. http://www.newstatesman.com/200408090032. Retrieved 2008-10-11.