Penny Dreadful

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television series

Penny Dreadful is a gothic horror drama television series that intertwines classic literary characters like Dracula, Frankenstein, and Dorian Gray in a dark, Victorian-era narrative.

Aliases (2)

Penny Dreadful (TV series) ×3
Penny Dreadful: City of Angels ×1

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	television series →
basedOn	characters from classic literature →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom → United States →
creator	John Logan →
distributor	Showtime Networks →
executiveProducer	John Logan → Karen Richards → Pippa Harris → Sam Mendes →
featuresCharacter	Brona Croft → Dorian Gray → Dracula → Ethan Chandler → Ferdinand Lyle → Frankenstein's monster → Lily Frankenstein → Sembene → Sir Malcolm Murray → The Creature → Vanessa Ives → Victor Frankenstein →
filmingLocation	Dublin → Ireland →
firstAired	2014-05-11 →
genre	dark fantasy → drama → gothic horror →
hasSpinOff	Penny Dreadful: City of Angels →
inspiredBy	Victorian penny dreadful publications →
lastAired	2016-06-19 →
numberOfEpisodes	27 →
numberOfSeasons	3 →
originalChannelRegion	United States cable television →
originalLanguage	English →
originalNetwork	Showtime → Sky Atlantic →
productionCompany	Desert Wolf Productions → Neal Street Productions → Showtime Networks →
settingPeriod	Victorian era →
settingPlace	England → London →
starring	Billie Piper → Eva Green → Harry Treadaway → Josh Hartnett → Reeve Carney → Rory Kinnear → Timothy Dalton →

Referenced by (13)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Abel Korzeniowski → Helen McCrory → Josh Hartnett → Josh Hartnett ("Penny Dreadful (TV series)") → Krysty Wilson-Cairns → Krysty Wilson-Cairns ("Penny Dreadful (TV series)") → Neal Street Productions → Pippa Harris →	notableWork
Abel Korzeniowski ("Penny Dreadful (TV series)") →	composedFor
Showtime →	hasOriginalProgram
Penny Dreadful ("Penny Dreadful: City of Angels") →	hasSpinOff
Timothy Dalton →	portrayedInTelevision
Krysty Wilson-Cairns →	workedOn