What has it been like existing in these two very contrasting worlds over the last few weeks?

Well, I feel like I've spent a lot more time in Westeros than in Stratford.

Um, it's been quite an intense rehearsal period.

The show is long, so on a matinee day we're in at 11:00 and out at 11:30.

So it's [laughs]...

I, I, I feel like most, most of the time I'm in, in blonde wig in Westeros.

But I don't know, I, I feel like I, I can't imagine doing the show anywhere else really.

Um, what has it been like, you know, working with him? What have these conversations been like on bringing the story to the stage, and what has sort of been some of your key takeaways from working with him too?

And it, it's, um, really nice balance of, like, freedom, but also, um, just an, an amazing template of a character already there.

Yeah, I, I think, um, obviously Rhaegar hasn't, uh, you know, there, there are sort of flashes and, and references to him throughout the, the, the cannon and all the books and, and you see, you see mo- those moments that are referenced, um, they crop up within the play and, and what Duncan, our writer, has, has done is he's sort of bridged those gaps with such care and detail that it's become...

It's so specific, um, and so consistent with, uh, with the material that George has already created.

Um, and so it's a pleasure to, to, to fill in those gaps and, and, um, yeah, I guess confirm or thwart the, the rumors and suspicions that the fans already have.

Um, so that's really, really exciting.

Um, and also I think just seeing these characters, um, as young people that are making decisions for the first time and experiencing things for the first time and making mistakes, um, I think is really special.

I think, you know, seeing, seeing Robert as a, as a sort of jaded older king, and then-

How important is this, I asked the cast.