[The Duchess of Mint]

Dear "Sweeney Todd" Fans,

POSSIBLE SPOILERS!

During the "Sweeney Todd" movie's end credits, I saw that an actor had been listed as having played "Mr. Lovett! I don't recall ever having specifically seen any Mr. Lovett during the movie...

Am I just really being a space cadet, or does Mr. Lovett not appear as a singled-out person during the movie? I'm CERTAIN that Mr. Lovett never appeared in a singled-out manner. Was he one of the party guests who attacked Lucy?

Thanks in advance for your replies.

[Dvarg]

[Brock07]

Yepp.

[what_the_heck013]

I just looked it up on IMDB. Somebody is indeed credited as Mr. Lovett.

And also... it had never occurred to me that Mrs. Lovett was previously married. I mean, it makes sense MRS. Lovett. I just don't remember any mention of a husband from seeing or reading Sweeney.

[dolbinau]

Mrs Lovett in the movie says she had some 'dear old albert' that died from blotation, IIRC. Was this a back story added to the movie? I don't particularly remember it from the 2005 revival or 1982 DVD. Or 2000 Concert DVD.

[kaelidancer]

Mrs. Lovett is indeed a widow, and her late husband's name is indeed Albert, and it's mentioned that he died from "the dropsy" (which is most likely edema).

Albert wasn't invented for the movie; he's mentioned twice in the libretto, but all the dialog mentioning Albert wasn't included on the original cast recording. I'm not sure if he's mentioned in the Hearn/Lansbury DVD, or maybe the Hearn/LuPone concert... I'd imagine that dialog would be present in the 1982 performance at least, but he's mentioned so briefly it's easy to miss.

One that springs to mind is before "Wait", Mrs. Lovett says something to the effect of "It's not much of a chair, but it'll do until you get your fancy new one. It was me dear Albert's chair, sat in it every day until his leg gave out from the dropsy." There's another line that mentions him, but I can't place it right now.

[what_the_heck013]

It appears that she mentions him again after By the Sea: "Your Lucy's gone, poor thing. It's your Nellie now. Here. (She takes a bon-bon from her purse) Have a nice bon-bon. (She kisses him over the bon-bon, has a thought) You know, it's seventeen years this Whitsun since my poor Albert passed on. I don't see why I shouldn't be married in white, do you?"

[Brock07]

I think the line in the movie is "after his leg gave out with gout."

[what_the_heck013]

The film had two:
The gout line and "reminds me of my dear Albert, liked to gorge himself to blotation, he did".

Well, those two are in the spec script. The second one may or may not have been cut.

[Brock07]

Nope, that one was there.