Judge Turpin

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Judge Turpin is the corrupt, tyrannical magistrate and primary antagonist in the musical "Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
musical theatre character ⓘ
villain ⓘ
abuses judicial power ⓘ
alignment corrupt ⓘ
appearsIn Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ⓘ
appearsInFilm Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007 film) ⓘ
associatedWith Beadle Bamford ⓘ
basedOn character in Christopher Bond's play Sweeney Todd ⓘ
collaboratesWith Beadle Bamford ⓘ
createdBy Hugh Wheeler ⓘ
Stephen Sondheim ⓘ
desires Johanna Barker ⓘ
enemyOf Benjamin Barker ⓘ
Sweeney Todd ⓘ
firstAppearance Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 Broadway production) ⓘ
genre dark comedy ⓘ
horror musical ⓘ
genreRole Gothic villain ⓘ
guardianOf Johanna Barker ⓘ
killedBy Sweeney Todd ⓘ
kills Lucy Barker (in some versions) ⓘ
linked to: Ma Barker
languageOfWork English ⓘ
medium musical theatre ⓘ
stage musical ⓘ
motive abuse of power ⓘ
lust for Johanna ⓘ
narrativeRole primary antagonist ⓘ
nationality English (fictional) ⓘ
notableSong Johanna (Judge Turpin’s version) ⓘ
linked to: Johanna

Mea Culpa ⓘ
linked to: I Blame Myself
occupation judge ⓘ
magistrate ⓘ
personalityTrait tyrannical ⓘ
portrayedBy Alan Rickman ⓘ
relationshipToJohanna ward and guardian ⓘ
responsibleFor exiling Benjamin Barker to Australia ⓘ
wrongful transportation of Benjamin Barker ⓘ
roleIn Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ⓘ
setting 19th-century London ⓘ
themeEmbodies abuse of authority ⓘ
corruption of justice ⓘ
workType stage musical character ⓘ

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Alan Rickman → portrayed → Judge Turpin ⓘ
Toby → associatedWithCharacter → Judge Turpin ⓘ
Johanna Barker → raisedBy → Judge Turpin ⓘ
Johanna Barker → wardOf → Judge Turpin ⓘ
Johanna Barker → guardian → Judge Turpin ⓘ
Beggar Woman → victimOf → Judge Turpin ⓘ
Beadle Bamford → employer → Judge Turpin ⓘ
Beadle Bamford → allegiance → Judge Turpin ⓘ
Beadle Bamford → enforcesFor → Judge Turpin ⓘ
Philip Quast → notableRole → Judge Turpin in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ⓘ
linked to: Judge Turpin
Benjamin Barker → enemy → Judge Turpin ⓘ