Penny Dreadfuls, The: Volume 3

by David Reed

Genres: Classics; Historical Fiction; Humorous gen fiction

Synopsis

In these riotous revisionist plays, The Penny Dreadfuls present alternative takes on three icons, ably assisted by guests including Miles Jupp, Mark Heap, Margaret Cabourn-Smith, Amanda Abbington and Sylvester McCoy.

In The Penny Dreadful’s Present: Le Carré on Spying, we follow David Cornwell’s (Le Carré’s real name) desperate efforts to uncover the latest mole in the secret service. John F Kennedy's official visit to Berlin looms and the pressure is on to get to the truth.

In The Penny Dreadful’s Present: Don Quixote, Cervantes' mighty tome has been condensed into an hour's entertainment. Join peasant Sancho and the man who thinks he's a knight, locked in a quest to save those who don't want saving and unravel enchantments which may or may not only exist in their minds.

The Penny Dreadful’s Present: Hadrian’s Beard will broadcast later on this year. Emperor Hadrian’s instinct is to protect himself and Rome with a wall, but will the locals fall into line?

Produced by Julia McKenzie