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Eveari House to become setting for Kalistan's newest Soap Opera"The Decadent Aristocrats" to include cast and crew of hundreds
Eveari, Anato
September 7, 4497


Main Cast of "The Decadent Aristocrats" poses in main "bedchamber of the Empress" for a cast photo

The Eveari House, Kalistan's premier accommodation for visiting dignitaries is about to add another high profile visit to its guest register.  Hugo Delgado, one of Kalistan's leading soap opera actors has just inked a deal with KalTV 6 for a two season limited Run series known as "The Decadent Aristocrats".  Set in the Imperial period of Kalistan's history, and based in and around Eveari Ananto, this period piece promises lavish costuming, exotic location filming and complex plotlines.  The Decadent Aristocrats will also star Catherine Henderson-Bjorksdottir as Empress Dianna, along with a supporting cast promising to number in the hundreds.

The Eveari House is Nationalized property, and usually serves to host high level dignitaries.  It was unused last year in preparation for a visit from the Queen of Lourenne. "No, she never showed up," said site manager Terrence Edwards, who is responsible for the upkeep of the historic manor, as well as the engagement of the staff.  "We had things all ready for her, but I'm guessing things got busy in her country, so, we lost a bit of money.  We're choosing to not see this as a snub.  But, when this film production company came around and started asking whether they could use the house to set their series in, allowing The Republic to more than recuperate the loss, we made sure things were done right.  It is important that one of the most recognizable pieces of architecture in Kalistan lends its image to something worthwhile."

Though the show will be considered a soap opera, designed for mass consumer tastes, Edwards was quick to note that it will be historically authentic.  "The only thing in here which will not be historically authentic are the characters themselves. Floob--what we called an Emperor back in the day-- Diego the VII never existed.  Neither did Empress Diana.  These are composite characters of real Emperors and Empresses of the time."  The show will be set at the height of the Anantonese Empire's power, in the Mid 19th Century, when Kalistan ruled parts of Lodamun, Baltusia and Gaduridos, and counted Dolgaria and Sekowo as colonial holdings.  The series will follow the two Nobles and their immediate family and vast bureaucracy of retainers through their daily lives at court in Eveari.  It will touch on political intrigue of the day, and like many Kalistani soaps, promises to feature plenty of sexual content.

"The show certainly is not for the kids.  But we can't hide Kalistan's past.  The nobility was nothing if they were not, shall we say, prolific, in their bedroom activities.  But sex was another method of conducting international affairs back then.  So we won't overlook it."  Edwards was keen to note that he insisted upon a lack of violence in the program.  "We will keep the wars off shore, and the intrigue for the most part peaceful.  All the dirt was done in the beds anyway."

Principle filming on Season 1 of the series is expected to be completed by mid 4498, and then the soap opera is expected to begin airing by December.  Meanwhile, filming will begin on the second season as Season 1 is airing.