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First Look: Game of Thrones Stage Prequel The Mad King Reveals Full Cast and Iconic Westeros Characters

The prequel is set a decade before the novels and centers on King Aerys II Targaryen’s final years at a banquet.

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The first photo and full cast for Game of Thrones: The Mad King was revealed Saturday by the Royal Shakespeare Company. The prequel stage show, announced in February, opens Saturday, August 8, at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, England, and closes Saturday, September 5, 2026. The release also marks the 30th anniversary of the original publication of George R. R. Martin’s A Game of Thrones, the first novel in the A Song of I…

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Bleeding Cool News And Rumors broke the news on Saturday, August 1, 2026.
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