Where The Downton Cast Are During The Gilded Age
Although HBO'sThe Gilded Age takes place decades before the start of Downton Abbey, many Downton characters are alive and here are their whereabouts in 1882. The Gilded Age is also created by Downton Abbey's mastermind, Julian Fellowes. Set primarily in New York City, The Gilded Age depicts an era of astounding wealth and rapid social and economic change. While Downton is focused on the Crawley family of Yorkshire, United Kingdom, The Gilded Age is about the conflict between 'old New York,' epitomized by Agnes van Rhijn (Christine Baranski), and the 'new money' represented by railroad tycoon George Russell (Morgan Spector) and his ambitious, social-climbing wife, Bertha (Carrie Coon).
Downton Abbey is a global sensation that spanned six seasons on BBC and Masterpiece PBS from 2010-2016 as well as a 2019 feature film and a sequel, Downton Abbey: A New Era, arriving in theaters in March 2022. Set in the post-Edwardian era of the UK, Downton begins in April 1912 on the day the RMS Titanic sank and spans over 15 years into the late-1920s. Throughout, the Crawley family headed up by Lord and Lady Grantham, their daughters Lady Mary (Michelle Dockery), Lady Edith (Laura Carmichael), Lady Sybil (Jessica Brown-Findlay), their various family members, and Downton's indomitable servants have weathered multiple marriages, tragic deaths, and all manner of socio-political upheaval. In Downton Abbey 2019, the Crawleys even welcomed King George V (Simon Jones) and Queen Mary (Geraldine James).
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By contrast,The Gilded Age begins 30 years before Downton Abbey, in 1882 New York City. Originally, Fellowes' idea was for The Gilded Age to serve as a Downton prequel depicting the
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