Christopher Godfrey Bond (born in Uckfield, Sussex, England, 1945) is a British actor, playwright and theatre director whose 1970 retelling of the Victorian tale Sweeney Todd formed the basis of Stephen Sondheim's musical of the same name, with book by Hugh Wheeler. He wrote this while he was Resident Dramatist at Victoria Theatre, Stoke-on-Trent 1970 – 1971. He was Artistic Director of the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool 1976 – 1978, Director of Liverpool Playhouse 1981 – 1983, and Artistic Director of Half Moon Theatre 1984 – 1989. He lives in West Cornwall.