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Penny Dreadful (TV series) - Wikipedia. Penny Dreadful is a British- American horror drama television series created for Showtime and Sky by John Logan, who also acts as executive producer alongside Sam Mendes. The show was originally pitched to several US and UK channels, and eventually landed with Showtime,[1] with Sky Atlantic as co- producer.[2] It premiered at the South by Southwest film festival on March 9 and began airing on television on April 2. Showtime on Demand.[3][4] The series premiered on Showtime on May 1. After the third- season finale on June 1. John Logan announced that Penny Dreadful had ended as the main story had reached its conclusion.[6][7]The title refers to the penny dreadfuls, a type of 1.

British fiction publication with lurid and sensational subject matter. The series draws upon many public domain characters from 1. British and Irish fiction, including Dorian Gray from Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray; Mina Harker, Abraham Van Helsing, Dr. Seward, Renfield, and Count Dracula from Bram Stoker's Dracula; Victor Frankenstein and his monster from Mary Shelley's Frankenstein; and Dr. Henry Jekyll from Robert Louis Stevenson's Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

Episodes[edit]Cast and characters[edit]Main cast[edit]Reeve Carney as Dorian Gray, a charismatic man who is ageless and immortal.[8]Timothy Dalton as Sir Malcolm Murray, a hardened explorer of the African continent, on a deeply personal quest to save the remaining members of his family.[9]Eva Green as Vanessa Ives, an enigmatic, quietly driven heroine who proves herself a force to be reckoned with as she battles powerful, relentless forces from the underworld.[1. Rory Kinnear as the Creature, a creation Frankenstein abruptly abandoned, who, not given a name, variously uses the aliases Caliban and John Clare.[1. Billie Piper as Brona Croft/Lily Frankenstein, an Irish immigrant seeking to escape her brutal, violent past.[1. Danny Sapani as Sembene, a mysterious long- time ally of Sir Malcolm (seasons 1–2).[1.

Harry Treadaway as Dr. Victor Frankenstein, an arrogant, reclusive young doctor whose ambition and research involve transcending the barrier between life and death.[1. Josh Hartnett as Ethan Chandler (born Ethan Lawrence Talbot), a charming, brash and daring American man of action with uncanny marksmanship, who detests violence, and is more complicated than he likes to admit.[1. Helen Mc. Crory as Evelyn Poole, a professional spiritualist known by the alias Madame Kali who is secretly the leader of a powerful coven of witches called "Nightcomers" (season 2, recurring season 1).[1.

Simon Russell Beale as Ferdinand Lyle, an eccentric Egyptologist (season 2, recurring seasons 1 and 3).[1. Patti Lu. Pone as Dr. Florence Seward, an alienist or early psychotherapist treating Vanessa's depression (season 3; Lu. Pone previously guest- starred as Joan Clayton in season 2)[1. Wes Studi as Kaetenay, an Apache with a connection to Ethan, who becomes an ally to Sir Malcolm (season 3).[1. Supporting cast[edit]Introduced in season 1.

Olivia Llewellyn as Mina Harker, Sir Malcolm's daughter and Vanessa's childhood friend who has been abducted (seasons 1–2). Alex Price as Proteus, a new creation of Dr. Frankenstein's, named after the literary character of the same name, who was killed by the Creature (seasons 1–2). Lorcan Cranitch as Inspector Goldsworthy, by the London police (season 1). Robert Nairne as the Vampire, an evil creature who leads a cabal of undead and the abducted Mina Harker (season 1). Olly Alexander as Fenton, a vampire minion (season 1).

Graham Butler as Peter Murray, Sir Malcolm's son, who died accompanying his father on one of his expeditions (seasons 1–2). Noni Stapleton as Gladys Murray, Sir Malcolm's estranged wife and mother of Mina and Peter (seasons 1–2). Alun Armstrong as Vincent Brand, the leader of a troupe of actors in residence at the Grand Guignol (season 1).[1. Hannah Tointon as Maud Gunneson, an actress at the Grand Guignol, and object of the Creature's affection (season 1).

Gavin Fowler as Simon, Maud's partner who mistreats the Creature (season 1). David Warner as Abraham Van Helsing, a haematologist and colleague of Frankenstein (season 1). Stephen Lord as Warren Roper, a Pinkerton agent hired to bring Ethan back to the United States (seasons 1–2).

Introduced in season 2. Sarah Greene as Hecate Poole, Evelyn's eldest daughter (seasons 2–3). Nicole O'Neill, Olivia Chenery and Charlotte Beckett as minor witches of Evelyn's coven. Douglas Hodge as Bartholomew Rusk, a Scotland Yard police inspector investigating the grisly Mariner's Inn Massacre (seasons 2–3). Jack Hickey as the Junior Inspector working with Rusk (seasons 2–3).

Jonny Beauchamp as Angelique, a mysterious transgender woman who gains Dorian's attention (season 2). David Haig as Oscar Putney, the owner of a struggling wax museum who employs the Creature for his own nefarious reasons (season 2). Ruth Gemmell as Octavia Putney, Oscar's wife who is uneasy about the Creature and treats him cruelly (season 2). Tamsin Topolski as Lavinia Putney, the blind daughter of the Creature's new employers, with whom he develops a specious friendship (season 2).

Ronan Vibert as Sir Geoffrey Hawkes, a rich landowner who fell under Evelyn's sway (season 2). Introduced in season 3. Shazad Latif as Dr.

Henry Jekyll, a chemist and college friend of Dr. Frankenstein (season 3).[1. Christian Camargo as Dracula, the brother of Lucifer who fell to Earth to feed on the blood of the living as the first vampire. In London, he takes the guise of kindly zoologist Dr. Alexander Sweet to captivate Vanessa (season 3).[1. Samuel Barnett as Renfield, Dr. Seward's secretary who becomes involved with Dracula (season 3).[1.

Sebastian Croft and Jack Greenlees as minor vampires serving Dracula (season 3). Casper Allpress and Pandora Colin as Jack and Marjorie, the Creature's son and wife from when still alive (season 3). Cokey Falkow as Scarman, a gunman in the service of Ethan's father (season 3). Jessica Barden as Justine, a homeless, brutalized young prostitute who becomes an acolyte to Lily (season 3).[1. Sean Gilder as Marshall Franklin Ostow, a Western lawman, aiding Rusk in the hunt for Ethan (season 3).

Brian Cox as Jared Talbot, a ruthless, powerful American rancher and the estranged father of Ethan (season 3).[1. Perdita Weeks as Catriona Hartdegen, a thanatologist scholar with expert knowledge of the supernatural (season 3). Notable non- recurring cast include Mary Stockley as Dr. Frankenstein's mother Caroline, Anna Chancellor as Vanessa's mother Claire, and Frank Mc. Cusker as Dr. Christopher Banning, overseeing Vanessa's treatment while institutionalized, all appearing in flashbacks during the first season, as well as Oliver Cotton as Father Matthew, performing an exorcism on Vanessa in the first season's penultimate episode. Production and development[edit]In January 2. Showtime had made a series commitment for the project.

Logan and Mendes previously wrote and directed Skyfall, respectively. Production began in London in the second half of 2. Showtime president David Nevins stated that the tone of the ensemble series will be "very realistic and very grounded, not Bela Lugosi. All exist in human form in turn- of- century London." This was also reflected during production of the sound for the show, where Logan often pulled things back towards more realism.[1. Logan, a lifelong fan of literary monsters, wrote the project on spec and scripts the majority of episodes of the series.

It was intended that Mendes would direct episodes, but scheduling prevented this.[1. Juan Antonio Bayona was announced as director for the first two episodes.[2. Watch Shorts Online. The remaining episodes of the first season were directed by Dearbhla Walsh, Coky Giedroyc, and James Hawes. In March 2. 01. 3, it was announced that the series would be filmed in the United Kingdom; eyeing the new UK tax credit for high- end TV productions that offers a 2.