Aug 26, 2026 · 21 min · 10 segments
Send us Fan Mail As *Game of Thrones: The Mad King* continues its 5* rated run at the RSC, Noah Ritter sat down with us to reflect on his early…
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What has it been like existing in these two very contrasting worlds over the last few weeks?
But I don't know, I, I feel like I, I can't imagine doing the show anywhere else really.
We've been here for two and a half months, and we had quite a long rehearsal period, and it's brought... coming to Stratford and it, and it kind of getting rid of all the distractions, and it's brought a lovely focus to just kind of allow us to get into this, totally immerse us into the, you know, without, without having to hop on, you know, wrestle on the, on the Northern line every morning.
But I think, I'm thinking s- uh, the similarities, there's, I guess there's perhaps less political turmoil in Stratford.
I mean, I'm not, not aware [laughs] of the local politics here, but, but, but maybe Westeros has the edge.
It can get, it can get pretty hairy in Stratford on a, on a, on a Friday, Saturday night.
I mean, it's interesting, you know, the RSC is such a hallowed institution, and I think like five years ago, you almost wouldn't have thought that a Game of Thrones show would play here.
Um, what was sort of like your initial reaction when you first heard about this project and reading the scripts for the first time too?
The first I saw of it was, was a picture that, the famous picture of George R.R. Martin, who I think was in the, this, the weapons room with his, you know, with a, a backdrop of kind of a thousand swords.
What has it been like existing in these two very contrasting worlds over the last few weeks?
But I don't know, I, I feel like I, I can't imagine doing the show anywhere else really.
We've been here for two and a half months, and we had quite a long rehearsal period, and it's brought... coming to Stratford and it, and it kind of getting rid of all the distractions, and it's brought a lovely focus to just kind of allow us to get into this, totally immerse us into the, you know, without, without having to hop on, you know, wrestle on the, on the Northern line every morning.
But I think, I'm thinking s- uh, the similarities, there's, I guess there's perhaps less political turmoil in Stratford.
I mean, I'm not, not aware [laughs] of the local politics here, but, but, but maybe Westeros has the edge.
It can get, it can get pretty hairy in Stratford on a, on a, on a Friday, Saturday night.
I mean, it's interesting, you know, the RSC is such a hallowed institution, and I think like five years ago, you almost wouldn't have thought that a Game of Thrones show would play here.
Um, what was sort of like your initial reaction when you first heard about this project and reading the scripts for the first time too?
The first I saw of it was, was a picture that, the famous picture of George R.R. Martin, who I think was in the, this, the weapons room with his, you know, with a, a backdrop of kind of a thousand swords.
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