Donmar Warehouse version.
The Donmar Warehouse is a 251 seat, not-for-profit theatre in Covent Garden, London, England. It first opened on 18 July 1977.http://en.wikipedia.org/...
Follow the link if you wish to know more: all I can say is the Donmar Warehouse repeatedly mounts the kinds of productions that make international news (and show up in NYC a year later, with critics drooling all over the place).
This is your soundtrack while you read: I promise it is worth your time. It is brilliant, and brutal:
Can't help wondering how much it influenced Stephen Sondheim's Sweeney Todd.
Much more below the fleur-de-kos:
