Cinemax released The Knick promotional posters

Cinemax released The Knick promotional posters

Check out first official posters of The Knick.

Set in downtown New York in 1900. The series centered on the Knickerbocker Hospital and the groundbreaking surgeons, nurses and staff who work there, pushing the bounds of medicine in a time of astonishingly high mortality rates and zero antibiotics. Doctor John Thackery is a brilliant surgeon pioneering new methods in the field, despite nursing a severe addiction to cocaine. He leads a team of doctors including his protégé Dr. Everett Gallinger; the young Dr. Bertie Chickering Jr.; and Algernon Edwards, a promising surgeon who’s been recently thrust upon him. The lively cast of characters at the hospital also includes Cornelia Robertson, the daughter of its benefactor; surly ambulance driver Tom Cleary; Lucy Elkins, a fresh-faced nurse from the country; the crooked manager Herman Barrow; and Sister Harriet, a nun with who isn’t afraid to speak her mind.

Clive Owen as Dr. John W. Thackery, Michael Angarano as Dr. Bertram ‘Bertie’ Chickering Jr., Eric Johnson as Dr. Everett Gallinger, Andre Holland as Dr. Algernon Edwards, Juliet Rylance as Cornelia Robertson, Jeremy Bobb as Herman Barrow, Eve Hewson as Lucy Elkins, Chris Sullivan as Tom Cleary, Cara Seymour as Sister Harriet.

The Knick premieres on Cinemax on Friday, August 8th at 10 p.m.