{"id":9983,"date":"2026-05-07T14:06:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/?p=9983"},"modified":"2026-05-07T14:09:35","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T20:09:35","slug":"the-mad-king-meets-the-stage-tickets-on-sale-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/2026\/05\/07\/the-mad-king-meets-the-stage-tickets-on-sale-now\/","title":{"rendered":"The Mad King Meets the Stage &#8211; Tickets on Sale Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p>Wars aren\u2019t won by those with most cause, but whose story\u2019s best told.<\/p>\n<p>Join us at the Tournament of Harrenhal! We are thrilled to announce (albeit later than intended) tickets are on sale for\u00a0Game of Thrones: The Mad King, a new stage production, opening at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon this summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The world premiere begins Monday, July 20, and runs through Saturday, September 5.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-9984\" src=\"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/madking-1024x724.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/madking-1024x724.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/madking-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/madking-768x543.jpg 768w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/madking-1536x1087.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/madking.jpg 1801w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A sweeping new stage epic from the world of George R. R. Martin, scripted by Duncan Macmillan and directed by Dominic Cooke. Spanning the final years before the events of the novels, this powerful drama reveals a legendary chapter of Westerosi history.<\/p>\n<p>We hope to see you there!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div>\n<p><strong>THIS MESSAGE HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO YOU BY THE MINIONS OF FEVRE RIVER<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: monospace; font-size: large;\"><b><br \/>\nLINK:<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: monospace; font-size: large;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/secure.rsc.org.uk\/events\/game-of-thrones-the-mad-king?StartDate=2026-07-20&amp;endDate=2026-09-05\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/secure.rsc.org.uk\/events\/game-of-thrones-the-mad-king?StartDate%3D2026-07-20%26endDate%3D2026-09-05&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1778269839458000&amp;usg=AOvVaw27J1P5jIBAqERyVZ3hbeTX\">https:\/\/secure.rsc.org.uk\/<wbr \/>events\/game-of-thrones-the-<wbr \/>mad-king?StartDate=2026-07-20&amp;<wbr \/>endDate=2026-09-05<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wars aren\u2019t won by those with most cause, but whose story\u2019s best told. Join us at the Tournament of Harrenhal! We are thrilled to announce (albeit later than intended) tickets are on sale for\u00a0Game of Thrones: The Mad King, a new stage production, opening at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon this summer. The world [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9983"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9999,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9983\/revisions\/9999"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/georgerrmartin.com\/notablog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}