Iconic fantasy writer George R. R. Martin expresses his pleasure a few specific period of the Recreation of Thrones saga lastly being tailored.
It was reported on February 18 {that a} new stage play, Recreation of Thrones: The Mad King, written by Duncan Macmillan and directed by Dominic Cooke, will start performances on the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon this summer season. The play will revolve across the Tourney at Harrenhal, about 15 years earlier than Recreation of Thrones, an occasion that Martin hypes up on his personal web site.
Per georgerrmartin.com, Martin pronounces: “There is a match coming this summer season.“ He goes on to promote the fictional tourney itself, noting that figures together with Prince Rhaegar Targaryen, the Starks (siblings Eddard, Brandon, Benjen, and Lyanna), Robert Baratheon, and Elia Martell will probably be there. Jamie Lannister will even be a major character within the play.
“Having the RSC convey Westeros to the stage is so unbelievable that typically I worry am dreaming the entire thing,” says Martin. The writer emphasizes this occasion from Westeros’ historical past, which Recreation of Thrones followers have heard about for thus lengthy and expresses his appreciation for the artistic group. “Even the king will probably be there. Aerys II of Home Targaryen, the Mad King,” says Martin. “I am planning on attending myself.“
In Martin’s A Music of Ice and Hearth lore, the Tourney at Harrenhal is the start of Robert’s Revolt, the conflict that will convey concerning the downfall of the Targaryen dynasty after practically 300 years and lead to Robert Baratheon being topped king. The battle began when Prince Rhaegar, inheritor to the Iron Throne, received the tourney after which topped Lyanna as the brand new queen of affection and wonder as a substitute of his spouse Elia.
Subsequently, Robert and Lyanna’s brothers went to conflict with the Targaryens after she was allegedly kidnapped by Rhaegar. Lyanna had really willingly fled with Rhaegar to ensure that his marriage to be annulled in order that they may very well be married, and he or she gave start to a son earlier than her dying, who, after all, was raised underneath the pretense of being her brother Ned’s bastard youngster, Jon Snow.
Recreation of Thrones: The Mad King will reportedly have “a star-crossed lovers vibe.” The play will see the return of the long-lasting characters Ned Stark, Jamie Lannister, and Robert Baratheon since their final appearances in Recreation of Thrones, by which they’re performed by Sean Bean, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, and Mark Addy, respectively. Rhaegar and Lyanna additionally seem within the present minimally, in flashbacks, portrayed by Wilf Scolding and Aisling Franciosi.
The Music of Ice and Hearth universe continues to broaden as HBO and now the RSC adapt extra eras from Martin’s in depth supply materials. A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms made a triumphant debut this yr and is already renewed for season 2, whereas Home of the Dragon season 3 is anticipated in June.
It creates an enchanting paradigm for followers the place they’ll see the connections between all of the variations; how one character’s decisions in a sure period have ripple results generations later. Thus, Martin is especially excited concerning the Tourney at Harrenhal getting this therapy when it’s such a pivotal second in Westeros’ historical past.
Tickets for Recreation of Thrones: The Mad King are anticipated to go on sale in April 2026.
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