“Game of Thrones” play “The Mad King” finally launched previews Tuesday night after cancelling its first week of performances. The first ever run-through of the HBO/Royal Shakespeare Company co-production, which takes place before the events in HBO’s “Game of Thrones” series, earned a standing ovation from the enraptured audience. Addressing the crowd ahead of the […]

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  “Game of Thrones” play “The Mad King” finally launched previews Tuesday night after cancelling its first week of performances. The first ever run-through of the HBO/Royal Shakespeare Company co-production, which takes place before the events in HBO’s “Game of Thrones” series, earned a standing ovation from the enraptured audience. Addressing the crowd ahead of the […]
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  UPDATE: The Tuesday, July 28, preview performance of Game of Thrones: The Mad King at the UK’s Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon went off as planned, with director Dominic Cooke speaking directly to the audience about the recent string of performance cancellations. According to The Stratford-Upon-Avon Herald, Cooke came on to address, as the Herald […]
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  George R.R. Martin's newest Game of Thrones prequel, The Mad King, has earned stellar reactions from audiences despite the recent cancellations.