Netflix today revealed first look photos from the upcoming Steven Knight (Peaky Blinders, A Thousand Blows) created series House of Guinness. The new series will debut on September 25.
The synopsis reads, “House of Guinness explores an epic story inspired by one of Europe’s most famous and enduring dynasties – the Guinness Family. Set in 19th-century Dublin and New York, the story begins immediately after the death of Sir Benjamin Guinness, the man responsible for the extraordinary success of the Guinness brewery, and the far-reaching impact of his will on the fate of his four adult children, Arthur, Edward, Anne, and Ben, as well as on a group of Dublin characters who work and interact with the phenomenon that is Guinness.”
The cast of House of Guinness includes:
Anthony Boyle (Say Nothing, Masters of the Air) as Arthur Guinness
Louis Partridge (Disclaimer, Enola Holmes) as Edward Guinness
Emily Fairn (The Responder, Saturday Night) as Anne Plunket (née Guinness)
Fionn O’Shea (Lilies Not for Me, Normal People) as Benjamin Guinness
James Norton (Happy Valley, Playing Nice) as Sean Rafferty
Dervla Kirwan (True Detective: Night Country, Smother) as Aunt Agnes Guinness
Jack Gleeson (Game of Thrones, In The Land of Saints and Sinners) as Byron Hedges
Niamh McCormack (Everything Now, The Magic Flute) as Ellen Cochrane
Danielle Galligan (Shadow and Bone, Obituary) as Lady Olivia Hedges
Ann Skelly (The Nevers, The Sandman) as Adelaide Guinness
Seamus O’Hara (Blue Lights, An Irish Goodbye) as Patrick Cochrane
Michael McElhatton (Game of Thrones, The Long Shadow) as John Potter
David Wilmot (Station Eleven, Bodkin) as Bonnie Champion
Michael Colgan (Say Nothing, Marcella) as Rev Henry Gratton
Jessica Reynolds (Kneecap, Outlander) as Lady Christine O’Madden
Hilda Fay (The Woman In The Wall, Spilt Milk (forthcoming)) as Sultan
Elizabeth Daulau (Andor, Wicked) as Lady Henrietta St Lawrence
“It’s the extraordinary story of a family who happens to be the inheritors of the biggest brewery in the world. They’re young and are given the task of taking on this incredibly successful brand,” Knight tells Tudum. “The first priority is: Don’t screw it up. And the second priority is to make Guinness even bigger.”
“I won’t give away the plot — but they were given joint stewardship of the brewery for very interesting reasons,” he explains. “Before he died, their father very deliberately chained Arthur and Edward together in responsibility for the brewery. You’ll find out why when you watch,” Knight adds.
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