Lucy Barker was Benjamin Barker’s wife and while he was arrested, she was raped by Judge Turpin, which drove her to attempt suicide by poisoning. Lovett tells Sweeney Todd (previously Benjamin Barker) that she had poisoned herself, however she conveniently forgets to add that she survived the attempted suicide.Click to see full answer. Correspondingly, why does Sweeney Todd kill his wife?Downstairs, after Todd has killed Judge Turpin, Lovett recognizes Lucy’s body and scrambles to get rid of her. Todd enters and discovers that he had just killed his beloved wife, whereupon Lovett concedes that she lied to him because she was in love with him. Enraged, Todd throws Lovett in the oven to burn to death.Likewise, does Sweeney Todd know Johanna is his daughter? In Sondheim’s Sweeney Todd. In Stephen Sondheim’s musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, after Benjamin Barker is sent away to Australia, and Lucy raped and driven insane, Judge Turpin takes their daughter Johanna as his ward, raising her as his own. Subsequently, one may also ask, what happened to Sweeney Todd’s daughter? Story. Johanna is Sweeney Todd and his wife Lucy’s daughter, who was stolen from the barber many years ago by Judge Turpin who has taken her in as his ward. Up in her room, Johanna is locked away from the world. Fogg (who is killed by his insane patients) and he leaves her in Todd’s shop whilst he fetches a carriage.What did Judge Turpin do to Johanna? In Sweeney Todd Judge Turpin continuously pursues her, sending her flowers each day. He sends Beadle to summon her to his home, “[Blaming] himself for her dreadful plight.” He drugs Lucy and rapes her, driving her insane. Turpin then takes Barker’s daughter, Johanna, and raises her as his ward.
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