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Not to be confused with, Artwork from the original Broadway production. [60] The show was also performed by Opera North in 1998 in the UK starring Steven Page and Beverley Klein, directed by David McVicar and conducted by James Holmes. Lansbury, Angela, 1925-Motion pictures Motion picture actors and actresses Singers Audiotapes. Never before or later in his work did Sondheim utilize music in such an exhaustive capacity to further the purposes of the drama. Four roles (Todd, Lovett, Johanna, and Turpin) were double-cast or triple-cast in the NYCO production, with the two/three actors in each role singing alternate performances. A simpleton who works first for con-man Pirelli and then for Mrs. Lovett, but does not trust Todd. Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations. The show received over fifteen awards. He picks up Todd's fallen razor and slits Todd's throat. Alexander Gemignani also played the title role for the Toronto run of the tour in November 2007. It later was released as a feature film in . The Icelandic Opera performed Sweeney Todd in the fall of 2004, the first time in Iceland. The following month, Melbourne Theatre Company's version opened at the Playhouse in Melbourne, directed by Roger Hodgman with Peter Carroll as Sweeney Todd, Geraldine Turner as Mrs. Lovett and Jon Ewing as Judge Turpin. Sondheim praised Donnellan for the "small 'chamber' approach to the show, which was the composer's original vision for the piece. It included the Judge's "Johanna" and the tooth-pulling contest from Act I, which had been cut in previews. [82], In 2001, the same concert was held in San Francisco with the same leads and minor cast changes. With critical acclaim and audience applause (Sondheim traveled to Barcelona after hearing the success it was having and was delighted with the production), it later moved to Madrid. Our production was larger in scope. The Tale of Sweeney Todd: Directed by John Schlesinger. In June 2019, for the show's 40th anniversary, a limited run of the production presented by Life Like Company was performed at Her Majesty's Theatre, Melbourne and Darling Harbour Theatre, ICC Sydney. The production ran for 349 performances and 35 previews, and was nominated for six Tony Awards, winning two: Best Direction of a Musical for Doyle and Best Orchestrations for Sarah Travis who had reconstructed Jonathan Tunick's original arrangements to suit the ten-person cast and orchestra. Casually slitting his customers' necks, Todd despairs of ever seeing Johanna, while Anthony searches London for her ("Johanna Quartet"). In the crowded London marketplace, flamboyant Italian barber Adolfo Pirelli and his simple-minded young assistant Tobias Ragg pitch a dramatic cure-all for hair loss ("Pirelli's Miracle Elixir"). The production debuted in October at The Theater at Solaire. An alternate orchestration is available from Music Theatre International for a 9 piece orchestra. >>LABEL: RCACATALOG #: CBL2-3379COMPOSER: STEPHEN SONDHEIM / Harold PrinceWORKS: SWEENEY TODD - Original Cast Recording.PERFORMERS: Angela Lansbury, Len Cariou, etc . We found out pretty early on that we had to be very careful or it could go over the top pretty easily and become farcical, Cariou said. For other uses, see, "Pretty Women" redirects here. The score is just amazing-- by far Sondheim's best, and probably one of the best scores written for a musical ever. It stars Johnny Depp as Todd (Depp received an Oscar nomination and a Golden Globe Award for his performance), Helena Bonham Carter as Mrs. Lovett, Alan Rickman as Judge Turpin, Sacha Baron Cohen as Signor Pirelli, Jamie Campbell Bower as Anthony Hope, Laura Michelle Kelly as The Beggar Woman, Jayne Wisener as Johanna, Ed Sanders as Toby, and Timothy Spall as Beadle Bamford. Leaving Anthony, Todd enters a meat pie shop on Fleet Street, where the owner, the slatternly widow Mrs. Lovett, laments the scarcity of meat and customers ("Worst Pies in London"). In February 2018, Panaro and Carmello were replaced by Thom Sema and Sally Ann Triplett, respectively. The cast included David Arnsperger as Sweeney Todd and Janis Kelly as Mrs. Lovett. The play was translated into Hungarian by Tibor Mikls and Gyrgy Dnes. Share to iMessage. Toby, now insane and his hair turned white, crawls up from the sewer babbling nursery rhymes to himself. The cast included Christopher Chew as Sweeney Todd and Amelia Broome as Mrs. George Hearn and Angela Lansbury star as Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett in the musical, which features music and lyrics by Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler.Filmed at the conclusion of a ten-month . This number was written for the original London production and first recorded for the 2000 New York Philharmonic concert performance. "Not just music hall but dotty music hall", as she put it. Angela Lansbury, who crooned as a teapot in Beauty and the Beast and solved mysteries as Jessica Fletcher in Murder, She Wrote, died October 11 at the age of 96, just days shy of her 97th. The show ran for 157 performances. The song "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" and its multiple reprises are titled in some productions by their first lyrics to differentiate them from one another: "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise): Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 2): Sweeney Pondered and Sweeney Planned", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 3): His Hands Were Quick, His Fingers Strong", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 4): Sweeney'd Waited Too Long Before", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 5): The Engine Roared, The Motor Hissed", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 6): Lift Your Razor High, Sweeney", "The Ballad of Sweeney Todd (Reprise 7): Attend the Tale of Sweeney Todd", Strings: 1 violin, 1 cello, 1 double bass, Woodwinds: Reed 1: clarinet; Reed 2: bassoon, Percussion: bass drum, bell tree, bells, chimes, crotales, rachet, side drum, snare drum, Swiss bell, tam-tam, tambourine, temple blocks, triangle, timpani, vibraphone, whistle, wood block, xylophone, Strings: 2 violins, 1 viola, 1 cello, 1 double bass, Brass: 1 French horn, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone, This page was last edited on 17 April 2023, at 18:50. The concert was again filmed for broadcast on PBS as part of their Live from Lincoln Center[65] series and was first aired on September 26, 2014. Todd's reaction reveals that he is himself Benjamin Barker. [64] McDonald was not announced as the Beggar Woman: she was a surprise, her name only being revealed at the time of the first performance. She was a great artist, Cariou said. Lovett. Leonard Joseph Cariou OC OM ( / kriu /; born September 30, 1939) is a Canadian actor and stage director, best known for his portrayal of Sweeney Todd in the original cast of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Musical, and for playing the patriarch Henry Reagan . Originally broadcast in 1980 and. Hearn and LuPone were joined once again by Harris, Gaines, Aler and Olsen as well as new additions Victoria Clark, Lisa Vroman and Timothy Nolen. Directed by Jonathan Kent, the cast included Ball as Todd, Staunton as Mrs. Lovett, James McConville as Tobias, John Bowe as Judge Turpin, Robert Burt as Pirelli, Luke Brady as Anthony, Gillian Kirkpatrick as Lucy Barker, Lucy May Barker as Johanna and Peter Polycarpou as Beadle Bamford. [33] The opening night cast featured four members of the London cast: Jeremy Secomb as Sweeney Todd, Siobhan McCarthy as Mrs. Lovett, Duncan Smith as the Judge and, Joseph Taylor as Tobias, alongside Brad Oscar as the Beadle, Betsy Morgan as Pirelli and the Beggar Woman, Matt Doyle as Anthony and Alex Finke as Johanna. Look at you! The cast included original members like Terfel, Thompson and Quast, as well as new actors like John Owen-Jones and Rosalie Craig. See production, box office & company info, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street in Concert, Sweeney Todd: El barbero diablico de Fleet Street, Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles County Music Center - 135 N. Grand Avenue, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA. I know she's with Peter (Shaw) now, her husband, who I think she missed terribly. It was Lansbury's fourth best musical actress award in 13 years, to be followed by a 2009 award for Blithe Spirt and a lifetime achievement award at the Tonys in June. 2015 London and 2017 Off-Broadway revival, 2010 National Youth Music Theatre, London. Mrs. Lovett stalls the Beadle with "Parlor Songs" until Todd returns to offer the Beadle his promised "free shave"; Mrs. Lovett loudly plays her harmonium to cover the Beadle's screams above as Todd dispatches him. A young innocent (Selina Boyack) and the dashing inspector (Campbell Scott) who tries to solve the murders . The wide-openness of my portrayal had to do with my sink or swim attitude toward it. "[42][43] When a character died, flour was poured over them. PBS - Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street For almost two centuries, the enduring legend of maniacal barber Sweeney Todd and his savory human pies has inspired terror in the. Worst Pies In London. Menu. A mad crone whose interjections go unheeded, eventually identified as Benjamin Barker's wife, Lucy, who was raped by Judge Turpin. It was essentially charming over there because they don't take Sweeney Todd seriously. In 2004, John Doyle directed a revival of the musical at the Watermill Theatre in Newbury, England, running from July 27, 2004, until October 9, 2004. The ending will give you chills. They made a point of speaking on their birthdays Oct. 16 for Lansbury, Sept. 30 for Cariou and on each anniversary of the play's opening night, Cariou said Wednesday, a day after Lansbury, 96, died in her Los Angeles home. The following songs were cut: "Wigmaker Sequence", "The Letter", "Parlor Songs", "City on Fire", and half of the final sequence (which includes "The Judge's Return"). Said Sondheim, "Hal's metaphor is that the factory turns out Sweeney Todds. Anthony draws a pistol given to him by Todd, but cannot bring himself to shoot Jonas Fogg, the corrupt asylum owner; Johanna grabs the pistol and kills Fogg. She then attempts to drag the beggar woman's body into the oven, but Todd arrives and, through a shaft of light, sees the lifeless face clearly for the first time: the beggar woman was his wife Lucy. Anthony arrives to beg Todd for help to free Johanna, and Todd, revitalized, instructs Anthony to rescue her by posing as a wigmaker intent on purchasing inmates' hair ("Wigmaker Sequence" and "The Ballad" reprise 4). She recalled, "I just ran with it. Notably the 2004 production starred Mark Delavan and Elaine Paige. Relying heavily on counterpoint and angular harmonies, its compositional style has been compared to Maurice Ravel, Sergei Prokofiev, and Bernard Herrmann. Other changes included Michael James Leslie as Judge Turpin and Zachary Noah Piser as Tobias. The original Harold Prince production. 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Elsewhere, Anthony spies a beautiful girl singing at her window ("Green Finch and Linnet Bird"), and the beggar woman tells him that her name is Johanna. Directed by Melissa Baughman. Lansbury. The play won eight Tonys, including best musical and actress and actor. Todd and Lovett soon arrive; as part of his plan to establish his new identity, Todd exposes the elixir as a sham, challenges Pirelli to a shaving competition and easily wins ("The Contest"), inviting the impressed Beadle for a free shave ("The Ballad of Sweeney Todd" reprise 2). In Bond's reincarnation of the character, Todd was the victim of a ruthless judge, who exiled him to Australia and raped his young wife, driving her mad. It was also videotaped and broadcast on PBS, and then was released to VHS and DVD in 2001. Beggar Woman . Toby, heedless of them, begins turning the meat grinder, crooning Mrs. Lovett's previous instructions to him ("Final Scene"). It's the story of your [own] life."[3]. 1980 musical by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, This article is about the 1979 musical. [37] While the production was still in preview performances, the run was extended through January 2024. Angela Lansbury performing "By The Sea" in her Tony winning role as Mrs. Lovett, in "Sweeney Todd" The look of the production was quite abstract. [61] The same production played at the Ravinia Festival in Chicago on August 24, 2001, with most of the cast from the preceding concerts, except for Plishka and Clark, who were replaced by Sherrill Milnes and Hollis Resnik. It has been revived in many productions as well as inspiring a film adaptation. It was originally produced Off-Broadway by the York Theatre Company at the Church of the Heavenly Rest from March 31, 1989, to April 29, 1989. The director was Declan Donnellan and the Cottesloe Theatre production starred Alun Armstrong as Todd and Julia McKenzie as Mrs. Lovett, with Adrian Lester as Anthony, Barry James as Beadle Bamford and Denis Quilley (who had originated the title role in the original London production in 1980) as Judge Turpin. [17], The first national U.S. tour started on October 24, 1980, in Washington, D.C. and ended in August 1981 in Los Angeles, California. They also had great fun on her hit mystery series Murder, She Wrote," in which Lansbury starred as writer-amateur sleuth Jessica Fletcher. Opera is not just a matter of everything being sung. There is an operatic kind of music, of singing, of staging. 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The cast included Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett, Len Cariou as Todd, Victor Garber as Anthony, Sarah Rice as Johanna, Merle Louise as the Beggar Woman, Ken Jennings as Tobias, Edmund Lyndeck as Judge Turpin, Joaquin Romaguera as Pirelli, and Jack Eric Williams as Beadle Bamford. The score, effective enough in its own way, demanded things of the opera singers that opera singers as a class are reluctant to produce."[76]. [7] In preparation for the role, Cariou (who was studying with a voice teacher at the time) asked Sondheim what kind of range he needed to have in the role. HeatherAnn Layman, Parkland Theatre's operations manager, said two people involved in the original Broadway rendition of "Sweeney Todd" passed away recently. This production was also broadcast on Spanish television. Directed by Staffan Aspegren and starting Sauli Tiilikainen (Sweeney Todd) and Ritva Auvinen (Mrs. Lovett). In 1995, the Barcelona cast recorded a cast album sung in Catalan. The production is directed by Thomas Kail, with orchestrations by Jonathan Tunick, musical supervision by Alex Lacamoire and choreography by Steven Hoggett. Anthony finds Johanna locked away in a private lunatic asylum, but barely escapes being placed under arrest by the Beadle. Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (TV Movie 1982) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Over eighty percent of the production is set to music, either sung or underscoring dialogue. Anthony and Johanna (now disguised as a sailor) arrive at Todd's empty shop. The production received 5 Ovation Awards including the Franklin Levy Award for Best Musical (Smaller Theatre) and Best Director (Musical) for Dang. The cast included George Hearn (a last-minute substitute for Bryn Terfel) in the title role, alongside Patti LuPone (Mrs. Lovett), Neil Patrick Harris (Tobias), Davis Gaines (Anthony), John Aler, Paul Plishka, Heidi Grant Murphy (Johanna), Stanford Olsen (Pirelli) and Audra McDonald (Beggar-Woman/Lucy). Todd's beautiful young daughter, raised by Judge Turpin as his ward. Sondheim. [4], Sondheim has often said that his Sweeney Todd was about obsession and close friends seemed to instinctually agree. Times Is Hard. Previews began February 14, 2017, before officially opening night on March 1. He also infused into it plot elements from Jacobean tragedy and The Count of Monte Cristo. Bryn Terfel, the popular Welsh bass-baritone, performed the title role at Lyric Opera of Chicago in 2002, with Judith Christian, David Cangelosi, Timothy Nolen, Bonaventura Bottone, Celena Shaffer and Nathan Gunn. An expanded edition appeared in 1850, an American version in 1852, a new play in 1865. The Canadian-born Cariou appeared in seven episodes, airing between 1985 and 1992, in the recurring role of former British intelligence agent Michael Hagarty. 'Sweeney Todd' Review: Josh Groban and Annaleigh Ashford Lead a Soaring but Remote Sondheim Revival on Broadway . Whilst it remained unclear if the casting of predominantly unknown actors helped the tour, the production was applauded for its use of emerging performers and played to almost exclusively sold-out venues. Radio programs. There is no one with whom Id rather run a cutthroat business with, Cariou said in accepting the award for Lansbury. George Hearn was a good replacement for Len Cariou in the title role, and Ken Jennings gives a great performance as Tobias. Sweeney Todd rises forth ("The Ballad of Sweeney Todd"), and introduces the drama. It was produced by Theodore Mann, directed by Susan H. Schulman, with choreography by Michael Lichtefeld. Lansbury, who had grown up in British music hall, immediately got it. When Todd asks after the empty upstairs apartment, she reveals that its former tenant, Benjamin Barker, was transported for life based on false charges by Judge Turpin, who, along with his servant, Beadle Bamford, then lured Barker's wife Lucy to a masked ball at the Judge's home and raped her ("Poor Thing"). This item: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (Broadway Version) by Angela Lansbury DVD $9.99 Into the Woods by Bernadette Peters DVD $38.80 Into The Woods by Meryl Streep DVD $6.59 Lowest Pricein this set of products Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street Jamie Campbell Bower 9,483 DVD $5.99 Highest ratedin this set of products The production closed on November 14, 1980. After a day of hard work, while Todd remains fixated on his revenge, Mrs. Lovett envisions a seaside retirement ("By the Sea"). Mrs. Lovett then informs Todd that Toby has found out about their secret and they plot to kill him. [27], Michael Ball and Imelda Staunton starred in a new production of the show that played at The Chichester Festival Theatre, running from September 24 to November 5, 2011. [53], The production starred Teddy Tahu Rhodes as Sweeney Todd, Antoinette Halloran as Mrs. Lovett, Phillip Rhodes as Judge Turpin, Kanen Breen as Beadle Bamford (later replaced by Andrew Glover during the New Zealand tour), David Rogers-Smith as Adolfo Pirelli (replaced by Robert Tucker in New Zealand), Ross Hannaford as Tobias Ragg (replaced by Joel Grainger in New Zealand), Blake Bowden as Anthony Hope (replaced James Benjamin Rodgers in New Zealand), Amelia Berry as Johanna, Dimity Shepherd as the Beggar Woman (replaced by Helen Medlyn in New Zealand), and Jeremy Kleeman as Jonas Fogg.[54][55]. When he recognizes Pirelli's coin purse in Mrs. Lovett's hands, she distracts him by showing him the bakehouse, instructing him how to work the meat grinder and the oven before locking him in. Movie Info. By the 1870s, Sweeney Todd was a familiar character to most Victorians. Then again, they don't commit sins of the flesh, so it's pretty fresh. There are opera houses. Alone with Todd, Pirelli drops his Italian accent and reveals that he is really Daniel O'Higgins, Benjamin Barker's former assistant. In his proper place. The cast featured Rod Gilfry and Franco Pomponi (Sweeney Todd) and Caroline O'Connor (Mrs Lovett). Terrified, he flees into the sewers below the bakehouse. As talented and admired as she was, he said, she was never demanding. Share to Twitter. This song is an optional verse of "Sweet Polly Plunkett.". There is also a woman wearing a blood-stained dress and holding a rolling pin next to the man. Todd feigns forgiveness, dancing manically with Mrs. Lovett until he hurls her into the oven, burning her alive. Sondheim's version more carefully reveals the developing ideas in Sweeney Todd and Mrs. Lovett's demented minds. He returned to the role . The 1982 taped stage version of Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, starring Angela Lansbury and George Hearn, will air on Turner Classic Movies March 21 at 1 PM ET; check local . Sweeney Todd has its occasional operatic moments, but its music overall has the chest notes, the harmonic language, the muscularity, and the edge of Broadway theater. After 15 years in exile, Sweeney Todd, an unsettling man with a mysterious past, arrives in a dark and gritty London, hungry for vengeance against the judge who destroyed his life. The resulting program was televised on September 12, 1982, on The Entertainment Channel. In autumn 2015 the Welsh National Opera and Wales Millennium Centre produced a co-production with West Yorkshire Playhouse and the Royal Exchange Manchester as part of the WNO's "Madness" season. [29] Comedian Jason Manford made his musical debut as Pirelli from July 2 to 28 and August 15, 18 and 24, 2012 while Robert Burt appeared at Glyndebourne Festival Opera.The West End transfer received six Laurence Olivier Award nominations of which it won the three: Best Musical Revival, Best Actor in a Musical for Ball and Best Actress in a Musical for Staunton. [38], The musical was premiered on June 5, 1992, at the Erkel Theater in Budapest, Hungary. Sweeney Todd: [singing] Awful lot of fat. But other than that, it's all phenomenal-- Angela Lansbury *made* the role of Mrs. Lovette, and she just does it so well. Sondheim also utilizes the ancient "Dies irae" in the ballad that runs throughout the score, later heard in a melodic inversion, and in the accompaniment to "Epiphany". The production began a workshop three days after Sondheim's death who had been planning to attend the workshop's final day. [85] This recording was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Musical Show Album. To which Chapin replied: "I would have put it on like a shot if I'd had the opportunity. On the Saturday performances, Bryonha Marie Parham played the role of the Beggar Woman, while McDonald played it at the other performances. The character of Sweeney Todd first appeared in a Victorian penny dreadful titled The String of Pearls. [citation needed]. This pair of songs at the end of Act I was the most significant musical addition which Sondheim made to Bond's version of the story. The cast included Timothy Nolen in the title role, Joyce Castle as Mrs. Lovett, Cris Groenendaal as Anthony, Lee Merrill as Johanna, Will Roy as Judge Turpin, and Barry Busse as The Beadle.[59]. And he gave her the key to the character, saying "I want Mrs. Lovett to have a music hall character." 2014 prog metal version, Landless Theatre Company, Washington, D.C. Knapp, Raymond. Cariou told him he was prepared to give Sondheim a couple of octaves to deal with, and Sondheim immediately replied, "That would be more than sufficient. The centerpiece of Mimi Lien's shapeshifting scenic design is an . [31] This production takes place in a pie shop that has been recreated for the occasion in Shaftesbury Avenue and ran from March 19 to May 16, 2015. The Judge recognizes him as "Benjamin Barker!" A barber (Ray Winstone) and a young pie-maker (Essie Davis) forge a complex and murderous partnership in 18th-century London. NYMT took the show, directed by Martin Constantine, out of a conventional theatre space and staged it within a converted Victorian warehouse in the city's East End. The first London production opened on July 2, 1980, at the West End's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, starring Denis Quilley and Sheila Hancock along with Andrew C. Wadsworth as Anthony, Mandy More as Johanna, Michael Staniforth as Tobias, Austin Kent as Judge Turpin, Dilys Watling as the Beggar Woman, David Wheldon-Williams as Beadle Bamford, Oz Clarke as Jonas Fogg, and John Aron as Pirelli. The cast included Jeremy Secomb as Sweeney Todd, Siobhn McCarthy as Mrs. Lovett, Nadim Naaman as Anthony, Ian Mowat as the Beadle, Duncan Smith as the Judge, Kiara Jay as Pirelli and the Beggar Woman, Joseph Taylor as Tobias and Zoe Doano as Johanna. The production plays at DC's Warehouse Theatre in August 2014. [5] After she was formally confirmed in the role, she relished the opportunity, saying that she loved "the extraordinary wit and intelligence of [Sondheim's] lyrics. Look at me, Mrs Lovett. The taped production was nominated for five Primetime Emmy Awards in 1985, winning three including Outstanding Individual Performance in a Variety or Music Program (for George Hearn). The beggar woman seems to recognize the room. The show's design was slightly altered to fit a proscenium arch theatre space for the Lyttleton Theatre. Anthony arrives at the asylum to rescue Johanna, but is exposed when Johanna recognizes him. Top marks for a wonderful show. The cast was completed by Alex Priat as Anthony, John Atkins as Judge Turpin, Carol Gizzard as Johanna, Sharian Wood as The Beggar Woman, Jack Leager as Beadle Bamford, Enrielos Hetares as Pirelli and Michael Greene & James Feldere who shared the role of Tobias. Despite receiving mixed reviews, the production won the Olivier Award for Best New Musical in 1980. Todd joins forces with Mrs. Lovett, the unhinged proprietress of a failing pie shop, and together they develop a spinetingling plot to exact revenge. This concert also played in San Francisco, from July 1921, 2001, with the San Francisco Symphony. The tour ran for 8 months, starring Barry Howell as Sweeney Todd & Isabell Wyer as Ms. Lovett. A "Reprise!" 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