The legendary Patti Lupone has landed a role on Penny Dreadful for the drama's second season on Showtime.

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Who will Lupone play? Will the character have literary origins? Series creator John Logan isn't giving away all the details just yet, though Entertainment Weekly confirmed the actress's involvement with the drama on Monday. According to the report, Lupone will be playing someone with ties to Vanessa Ives (Eva Green), who has quite a few secrets of her own.

Lupone may be the biggest name heading to the program this season, but she is not the only one. Douglas Hodge (Robin Hood) will be playing an investigator charged with finding the individual responsible for a series of London murders, which fans now know were likely committed by Ethan Chandler (Josh Hartnett) in his werewolf form.

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Sarah Green will also be coming to the show as Hecate, the daughter of Helen McCrory's Evelyn Poole, who was featured briefly during Season 1. There will also be an intriguing new character played by Johnny Beauchamp (Stonewall), though the nature of the actor's role has yet to be announced.

Penny Dreadful developed a memorable cast of iconic literary characters during its first season and with new episodes already in production fans are wondering who else will be taken from the pages of literary history and brought to life on the screen.

Penny Dreadful returns to Showtime for its second season in 2015.

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