Learn More about Victorian Era Consumption from this Penny Dreadful Behind-the-Scenes Video

Steve Barton   |  

Jun 25, 2014

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Eva Green is getting most of the attention, but another “Penny Dreadful” actor is hitting it out of the park also: Billie Piper as Brona Croft. Sadly, Ms. Croft isn’t well, and in this new video author/historian Matthew Sweet explores the history and effects of consumption.

A profoundly unsettling new saga, “Penny Dreadful” completely reinvents literature’s most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula, who are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London.

Timothy Dalton, Reeve Carney, Josh Hartnett, Harry Treadaway, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper, and Eva Green star.

This weekend the season finale, Episode 1.08, “Grand Guignol,” airs, but don’t despair. As we learned earlier this month, Showtime has already renewed the series for a second season consisting of 10 episodes.

Related Story: Visit our “Penny Dreadful” Archive!

“Penny Dreadful” Episode 1.08 – “Grand Guignol” (airs 6/29/14)
Season 1 ends with Vanessa (Green) and Sir Malcolm (Dalton) facing their worst nightmares.

For more info visit “Penny Dreadful” on Showtime, “like” “Penny Dreadful” on Facebook, and follow @SHO_Penny on Twitter. Be sure to also visit the Penny-Dreadful.com website.

Don’t forget you can still enter DREAD20 when checking out from Showtime’s “Penny Dreadful” store to receive 20% off all “Penny Dreadful” merchandise. The code is valid through December 31, 2014!

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