Sweeney Todd is a man unjustly sent to prison who vows revenge, not only for that cruel punishment , but for the devastating consequences of what happened to his wife and daughter. When he returns to reopen his barber shop, Sweeney Todd becomes the Demon Barber of Fleet Street who "shaved the faces of gentlemen who never thereafter were heard of again." Mrs. Lovett is Sweeney's amorous accomplice, who creates diabolical meat pies. Other characters are the evil Judge Turpin, who sends Sweeney to prison, the judge's wicked associate Beadle Bamford and a rival barber, the flamboyant Signor Adolfo Pirelli.