Victoria star Tom Hughes is joining the cast of Sky and AMC Networks drama A Discovery of Witches. Hughes will star as Kit Marlowe, an English playwright, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era…
is the first installment of Harkness’ All Souls Trilogy, which has sold more than 3.5M copies worldwide. Originally published in 2011, Discovery is the story of Diana, a young scholar at Oxford who is a descendant of the Salem witches. When she accidentally unlocks an enchanted manuscript, she is compelled to embrace the magic in her blood and enters a forbidden romance with charming 1,500-year-old vampire Matthew.
In the second season, Goode and Palmer return, this time hiding in time in the treacherous world of Elizabethan London, where they must find a powerful witch teacher to help Diana control her magic and search for the elusive Book of Life. Season two will also see the return of Owen Teale , Alex Kingston , Lindsay Duncan , Valarie Pettiford , Edward Bluemel , Aiysha Hart , Trevor Eve , Malin Buska and Gregg Chillin .
Season two will be written by Sarah Dollard and Susie Conklin , who will also serve as an Executive Producer alongside co-founders of Bad Wolf, Jane Tranter and Julie Gardner, and Lachlan MacKinnon along with Deborah Harkness. Hughes said, “I’m looking forward to stepping into Deborah’s fantastical world to play such a fascinating man as Kit Marlowe. With a rich history to draw from, Kit’s darkness and mercurial nature will be a delight to delve in to.”
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