# Game of Thrones’ newest cast revealed

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/game-of-thrones-newest-cast-revealed/
- Published: 2026-08-01T18:00:12+00:00
- Original publisher: Polygon
- Original article: https://www.polygon.com/game-of-thrones-newest-cast-revealed/
- Topics: Gaming

## Key points

- RSC reveals cast for new Game of Thrones stage play
- The story predates the novels and television series
- Performances run in Stratford-upon-Avon until 5 September

## Summary

The Royal Shakespeare Company has announced the cast of George R. R. Martin’s Game of Thrones: The Mad King, a new stage play opening next week in Stratford-upon-Avon. The production explores a previously unshown period of the franchise’s history and offers new portrayals of characters familiar from the television series.

Set about a decade before A Song of Ice and Fire and Game of Thrones, the play centres on a dinner banquet during the final years of King Aerys II Targaryen’s rule. Michael Shaeffer plays Aerys, with Noah Ritter as Rhaegar Targaryen, Harmony Rose-Brenner as Lyanna Stark and Callum Woodhouse as Robert Baratheon; it runs at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre from 8 August to 5 September.

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