Historical drama ‘The Gilded Age’ from ‘Downton Abbey’ creator premieres on HBO GO
Are you a fan of historical dramas looking for something new to watch this year?
The Gilded Age, a new period drama from Downton Abbey’s creator Julian Fellowes is set to debut in the Philippines on Tuesday, Jan. 25 on HBO GO the same time as the US.
The nine-episode series stars an ensemble cast of Carrie Coon, Morgan Spector, Denée Benton, Louisa Jacobson, Taissa Farmiga, Blake Ritson, Simon Jones, Harry Richardson, Thomas Cocquerel, Jack Gilpin, with Sex and the City's Cynthia Nixon and The Good Wife's Christine Baranski.
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The Gilded Age is written by Julian Fellowes and Sonja Warfield and directed by Michael Engler and Salli Richardson-Whitfield.
According to HBO’s official synopsis, the show's title refers to the American Gilded Age, a period of immense economic change, of great conflict between the old ways and brand new systems, and of huge fortunes made and lost.
"HBO’s The Gilded Age begins in 1882 with young Marian Brook (Jacobson) moving from rural Pennsylvania to New York City after the death of her father to live with her thoroughly old money aunts Agnes van Rhijn (Baranski) and Ada Brook (Nixon). Accompanied by Peggy Scott (Benton), an aspiring writer seeking a fresh start, Marian inadvertently becomes enmeshed in a social war between one of her aunts, a scion of the old money set, and her stupendously rich neighbours, a ruthless railroad tycoon and his ambitious wife, George (Spector) and Bertha Russell (Coon)."
Exposed to a world on the brink of the modern age, will Marian follow the established rules of society, or forge her own path?
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The HBO Original series also stars Ben Ahlers, Michael Cerveris, Kelley Curran, Claybourne Elder, Linda Emond, Katie Finneran, Amy Forsyth, Michel Gill, Ward Horton, Bill Irwin, Sullivan Jones, Celia Keenan-Bolger, Nathan Lane, Audra McDonald, Debra Monk, Donna Murphy, Kristine Nielsen, Kelli O’Hara, Patrick Page, Taylor Richardson, Douglas Sills, John Douglas Thompson, Jeanne Tripplehorn and Erin Wilhelmi.
The Gilded Age is a co-production between HBO and Universal Television, a division of Universal Studio Group.
Check out the trailer below.
The Gilded Age premieres on Tuesday, Jan. 25 at 10 a.m. exclusively on HBO GO and HBO, with a same day encore at 10 p.m. on HBO. Subsequent episodes will debut every Tuesday on the streamer.