Ka ambaci sunan Sweeney Todd a yau kuma mafi yawan magoya bayan tsoro zasu tuna ga matakin Stephen Sondheim na ban mamaki - sannan daga baya ya zama mai kida da waka Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber na Fleet Street.

Ba shi da wuya a fahimci dalilin. Sondheim labarin labarin na iya zama mafi shahara a cikin shekaru 175 da suka gabata, kuma wasu daga cikin ƙwararrun kamfanonin wasan kwaikwayo a duniya sun aiwatar dashi tun kafin ya taɓa rayuwa a kan babban allo ƙarƙashin jagorancin Tim Burton da kuma Johnny Depp da Helena Bonham-Carter.

Tarihin Mista Todd ya yi nisa sosai fiye da na farko na 1979 na Broadway na waƙar Sondheim, amma. A hakikanin gaskiya, ya fara ne a tsarin adabi a cikin 1846 a cikin dinari mai matukar ban tsoro mai taken "Kirtanin Lu'u-lu'u: Romanceaunar Gida."

"Kirtani na Lu'u-lu'u" Taƙaitawa

Wannan labarin na asali ya zana Sweeney Todd a matsayin wani mummunan mugunta wanda ya kashe waɗanda ke fama da shi ta hanyar jan lever a kan kujera wanzami wanda ya aike su da saukar da bututun shiga cikin ginshiki inda, da fatan, wuyansu zai karye. Lokacin da bai yi sa'a ba sosai, zai sauko daga matakalar ya tsaga makogwaronsa da reza.

Da zarar an aike shi, zai yi jigilar gawawwakin ta wata hanyar rami ta ɓoye zuwa shagon Misis Lovett's Meat Pie inda za ta dafa su su sayar wa jama'a.

Al’amura sun dagule wa Mista Todd bayan da wani mai jirgin ruwa mai suna Thornhill, wanda aka gani na ƙarshe lokacin da ya shiga shagon, ya ɓace. Thornhill an yi niyyar isar da lu'ulu'u ne ga wata mata mai suna Johanna. Kyauta ce daga, Mark, mutumin da take ƙaunarta wanda ake zaton ya ɓace a cikin teku.

Wanda ya yi shakkar sa hannun Todd a bacewar Thornhill, Johanna ta yi ado kamar ta saurayi ta tafi aiki a shagonsa bayan da tsohon mai taimaka masa Tobias Ragg ya kasance a cikin gidan mafaka kan zargin mai wanzamin da kisan kai.

Daga qarshe, Todd ya fito fili a matsayin muguntar da yake yayin da aka gano tarin gabobin sassan jiki a qarqashin majami'ar da ke kusa wanda shima ya haxu da shagon wanzami ta hanyar hanyoyin karkashin kasa. Bugu da ƙari kuma, an gano cewa Mista Johanna ya ɓace tsawon lokaci wanda Mista Todd ya ɗaure a kurkuku kuma an tilasta shi dafa naman alade a kantin Misis Lovett.

Mark yayi nasarar tserewa kuma ya shiga kantin kek, yana sanar da kwastomomin cewa hakika suna cin mutane. Na sha yin mamaki ko Soylent Koren bashi bashi kawai dan kadan daga nasarorin tsoho Sweeney.

A cikin faduwar da ta biyo bayan fallasa shi, Todd ya lalata Mrs. Lovett kuma daga ƙarshe an kama shi kuma an rataye shi saboda laifukan sa.

Adaidaitawa

Nope, ba mu ma kusanci da Mista Sondheim ba tukuna!

Labarin Sweeney Todd da "Kirtanin Lu'u-lu'u" ya shahara sosai har ya dace da matakin kafin ƙarshen labarin ya bayyana a cikin tsari, kuma nan da nan kowa da kowa Suna yin nasu labarin labarin ne daga manyan gidajen wasan kwaikwayo na Turai zuwa Amurka kuma suna komawa London don sabbin fasalin da yasa Sweeney Todd ya zama sanannen suna a cikin Burtaniya ta Ingila.

Bayan haka, a cikin 1970, ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Christopher Bond ya ɗauki labarin kuma ya ba shi nasa ra'ayin.

A cikin labarin Bond na tatsuniyar, Sweeney Todd ya zama ɗan nuna jin daɗi kaɗan. Bai kasance mai kisan kai ba tun daga farko. Madadin haka, ya kasance wanzami wanda kyakkyawar matar sa ta zama abin birgewa ga wani mugun alkalin da ya yiwa matar fyade sannan kuma aka tasa keyar Todd zuwa Ostiraliya bisa zargin karya.

Bayan dawowarsa Landan, sai ya fara neman ɗaukar fansa, yana faɗa tare da Misis Lovett kuma yana ƙulla wani makirci don haɓaka tallan kek ɗinta yayin da yake neman ƙarshen rayuwar muguntar alkalin.

A cikin 1973 ne Stephen Sondheim ya ga samar da wasan Bond. Ya shuka tsaba don dacewa da kansa wanda ya zama, har yanzu, sanannen sanannen labarin ne a cikin shekaru arba'in da suka gabata.

Wakar Sweeney Todd

Sondheim ya dauki kayan ne ga abokin aikinsa na lokaci mai tsawo Harold Prince kuma duk da yake daraktan ya nuna rashin yarda da farko, ba da daɗewa ba ya sami nasara game da tunanin Sondheim wanda ya haɗu da nasa ra'ayin na yin bayani game da rayuwa a cikin Juyin Masana'antu - Saitin Yarima zai ƙarshe zo don kallo da jin kamar tsohuwar ƙarfe mai ƙarfe tare da abubuwa masu motsi waɗanda yan wasan kwaikwayo zasu iya juyawa ko'ina don saita fannoni daban-daban.

Kodayake ya ɗauki ɗan gamsuwa daga ɓangarensa, Sondheim ya sami shugabar da ke jagorantar ta don miskili mai ɓarna Misis Lovett a cikin Angela Lansbury kuma saboda rawar da ya taka, ya kawo ɗan wasan kwaikwayo Len Cariou.

Bugu da ƙari, Sondheim ya juya ƙaramin matsayi da ƙari a cikin mawaƙa zuwa ainihin Chorus na Girkanci wanda zai zo kan fage gaba ɗaya don ba da labarin wasu sassan ta hanyar waƙa, ba da rancen kusan wasan kwaikwayo.

A daren budewa, masu sauraro sun kasance cikin kaduwa game da labarin zub da jini, cin naman mutane, da ramuwar gayya, kuma kodayake liyafar da masu sukar ta yi ba ta da daɗewa, za ta ci gaba da gudanar da wasannin 557 a Broadway kafin ta fara rangadi tare da Lansbury da har yanzu ke haɗe rawar Lovett.

Cariou ya maye gurbin George Hearn don yawon shakatawa, kuma a wasan karshe na Sweeney Todd a kan hanya, ana yin fim ɗin don watsa shirye-shirye a talabijin. Har yanzu kuna iya sayan wannan aikin a DVD, kuma ba zan iya gaya muku nawa zan ba da shawarar ba.

 

Tun farkon fara shi a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Uris a New York, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber na Fleet Street an yi shi a duk faɗin duniya kuma ya ga rayarwa da yawa a Broadway da kuma a West End na London.

A ganina, Sweeney Todd ya ƙunshi wasu daga cikin mafi kyawun waƙa da mawaƙa. Abin baƙin ciki mai ban dariya "Littlearamin Firist" da "Ta bakin Teku" yana daidaita abubuwan da ke tashi sama da ƙananan abubuwa kamar "Johanna" da "Epiphany."

Sweeney akan allo

Tabbas, daga ƙarshe Hollywood ta zo ta kira Sondheim, kuma a cikin 2007 wasan kwaikwayon wasan kwaikwayon na Tim Burton ya buga allon azurfa.

Yanzu kar ku biyo ni, amma duk irin wannan wasan kwaikwayon da na gani, na Burton shine mafi rauni. Dole ne kawai su yanke abubuwa da yawa a cikin daidaitawa kuma sun tafi tare da “suna” baiwa kan ainihin actorsan wasan kwaikwayo masu raira waƙa. Duk da yake ina yaba wa da yawa daga abin da suka yi a fim din labarin, ba ku ga wannan wasan ba da gaske har sai kun gan shi baki daya da kuma 'yan wasan da suka fi Depp da Bonham-Carter rawar gani.

Fim ɗin fim ɗin na waƙa ba shi ne farkon daidaitawar allo na labarin ba Sweeney Todd, duk da haka. Don haka, dole ne ku koma duk hanyar 1926. Abin baƙin cikin shine fim ɗin, wanda George Dewhurst ya jagoranta kuma aka buga shi da GA Baughan a cikin taken taken, an ɓace.

Labarin ya sake daidaitawa don nuna fuska a cikin 1928 da kuma a cikin 1936, wannan lokacin tare da George King yana jagorantar. An zaɓi sigar King a matsayin ɗayan fina-finai 200 na farko da za a watsa a talabijin kuma an fara ganin ta a WNBT Channel 1 daga cikin Birnin New York.

Tun daga lokacin BBC ta daidaita shi fiye da sau daya, kuma yana kama masu sauraro kowane lokaci.

Amma me yasa Sweeney?

To me yasa wannan labarin ya dauki hankalin marubuta, marubutan wasan kwaikwayo, da masu shirya fim? Mene ne a cikin labarin Sweeney Todd wanda ke jan hankalin masu sauraro zuwa gare shi akai-akai?

Tabbas, akwai yanayin lalata na labarin. Kisan kai mafi munin yanayi da karkatar da tunanin bautar da naman mutum ga majiɓan shagunan da ba zato ba tsammani ra'ayi ne mai ban sha'awa!

Amma wannan shine duk? Tabbas yana daga cikin dalilin da yasa nake son shi, kuma galibi nakan yi mamakin abin da zan yi idan na gano cewa zan shiga cikin lalata mutane ba da gangan ba. Tabbas, banda ɗan ban mamaki don haka watakila kawai ina da waɗancan tunanin.

Duk da yake na tabbata masana ilimi zasu iya kuma baku dalilai da yawa, ina ganin ya zo ne ga asalin mutum.

Sweeney Todd zai iya zama wani. Zai iya zama wanzami a yankinku ko ma ya makwabta maƙwabta.

Akwai abin ƙyama da ɗan ɗanɗano na asali a cikin ɗan adam idan suka same su suna haɗuwa da irin waɗannan halayen. Mutum zai karanta ko kallon labarai ne kawai bayan an kama wani mummunan kisan kai ko kuma aka kashe shi don gani. Abokai, da maƙwabta, da kuma ƙawaye sun yi layi don tattaunawa don yin magana game da yadda ba za su taɓa zargin mai kisankan aikata waɗannan munanan abubuwa ba.

Duk wani bangare na kwakwalwarmu da ke ingiza dan adam don jin dadin wannan mu'amala da irin wadannan munanan halaye, zan sanya kudi a kansa kasancewar bangare daya ne wanda ya rike labarin Sweeney Todd.