10 Facts About Mrs Lovett

Mrs Lovett is a fictional character appearing in many adaptations of the story Sweeney Todd.

Mrs Lovett makes and sells meat pies made from Todd's victims.

In some versions, for example, Mrs Lovett commits suicide when their crimes are discovered, while in others, Todd kills her himself or she is arrested and escapes execution by turning King's Evidence against Todd.

Mrs Lovett's age is differing in many adaptations; though it is never specifically stated in any versions, there are some where she is older than Todd, often by a difference of over fifteen years and others where she is around his age.

Mrs Lovett recognizes him as her former tenant, Benjamin Barker, with whom she was secretly in love.

Mrs Lovett then uses the flesh to bake meat pies, which make her business very successful.

Todd confronts Mrs Lovett, who confesses that Lucy survived drinking the poison but was driven insane, reduced to begging.

Todd then demands to know why Mrs Lovett lied to him, to which Mrs Lovett then confesses her love for him, and promises she would be a better wife than Lucy ever was.

However, killing Lovett proves to be Todd's fatal mistake; Tobias, who loved her like a mother, emerges from hiding and kills Todd by slitting his throat with his own razor.

In film and stage adaptations of the Sweeney Todd story, Mrs Lovett is considered the female lead.