NETFLIX UNVEILS FIRST IMAGES AND STREAMING DATE FOR THEIR AGE OF INNOCENCE 19TH CENTURY SET TV SERIES ADAPTATION

   AGE OF INNOCENCE  

TV SERIES TO START NEXT FEBRUARY

Sometime last year I told you that Netflix was preparing a new TV series adaptation of AGE OF INNOCENCE and today the streamer has announced that it will stream February 18th next year and we have a slate of new images from the show. Camila Morrone stars as Ellen Olenska, Kristine Froseth as May Welland, Ben Radcliffe as Newland Archer and Margo Martindale as Mrs. Manson-Mingott in the series of forbidden love in 19th century New York a passionate and heart-rending love triangle exploring themes of freedom, duty, identity and love in all its forms. The cast will also include Fiona Glascott as May’s mother; Belinda Bromilow as Newland’s mother; and Emma Shipp as Newland’s ummarried sister. The long list of supporting actors includes our dear Anna Madeley from All Creatures Great and Small and Will Tudor. This fresh take is true to Wharton’s novel but will speak to a new generation as we traverse the ballrooms and bedrooms of these young people, asking the question what is love — and what is lust? And should we ultimately be driven by our heads or by our hearts?

  WHAT IS THE STORY?

In the 1870s, New York City, Newland Archer, a gentleman lawyer and heir to one of New York City’s wealthiest families, is overjoyed by his engagement to beautiful but sheltered May Welland. However, when May’s cousin, the Countess Ellen Olenska, arrives, Newland begins to question his choice of bride, as Ellen, who is in the middle of a scandalous divorce, challenges the status quo of New York’s upper society, while May represents the traditional values of Old New York.