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In the below video author/historian Matthew Sweet meets with technical curator Carla Valentine at the Barts Pathology Museum in London to explore the science and medicine behind “Penny Dreadful.”
The series premieres on Showtime on Sunday, May 11th, at 10PM ET/PT. Timothy Dalton, Reeve Carney, Josh Hartnett, Harry Treadaway, Rory Kinnear, Billie Piper, and Eva Green star. Juan Antonio Bayona (The Orphanage, The Impossible) directed the first two episodes.
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.
Related Story: Visit our “Penny Dreadful” Archive!
Don’t forget you can 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!
“Penny Dreadful” is created, written, and executive produced by three-time Oscar nominee John Logan (Hugo, The Aviator, Gladiator) and executive produced by Oscar winner Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Skyfall) and Neal Street’s Pippa Harris (Revolutionary Road, “Call the Midwife”).
“Penny Dreadful” Episode 1.01 – “Night Work” (airs 5/11/14)
London 1891. Sir Malcolm (Dalton) and Vanessa (Green) begin their search.
You can watch the ep in its entirety below!
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