Margaret Schlegel is an intelligent, idealistic young woman who is courted by the older Henry Wilcox, a self-made conservative businessman, after his wife Ruth Wilcox (Julia Ormond) dies unexpectedly and he becomes owner of Howards End.
The above photo features Hayley Atwell (Margaret Schlegel) and Matthew Macfadyen (Henry Wilcox) at Simpson’s-in-the-Strand restaurant.
Starz, with the BBC, today released the first image from the limited series Howards End, based on the classic E.M. Forster novel.
Howards End is the first television adaptation from the Academy Award-nominated screenwriter and playwright Kenneth Lonergan.