Penny Dreadful (TV Series)

Fresh Hell (2015)

David Haig: Oscar Putney

Quotes 

• [Mr. Clare meets Oscar Putney while seeking work at the wax museum] 

  Oscar Putney : No one wants to work here. People find it unnerving. But you don't?

  John Clare : I find it familiar.

• [Oscar Putney offers Mr. Clare a job at the wax museum after showing him his latest showcases] 

  Oscar Putney : This way. My chambers of crime! Homicide scenes plucked from the headlines, and recreated here in the most minute detail. Here's old Jack himself. The Annie Chapman murder. What we couldn't discover, we invented, of course. No one will know the difference. You tell the public a thing is real, it is. I'm preparing a series of 'em with all the ballyhoo one can muster. I need help with the construction and the tableaux , along with the usual custodial work throughout the museum. It's thankless work in dark rooms, but it's honest. What do you think?

  John Clare : Yes.

• [Octavia Putney questions Oscar Putney in hiring Mr. Clare] 

  Octavia Putney : That face! What in God's name were you thinking? You'll scare away the few customers we have.

  Oscar Putney : Quiet, woman! That face will make our fortune.