- A new "Game of Thrones" play is in the works, written by the author George R.R. Martin.
- The play will be about the Tourney of Harrenhal, where Jon Snow's parents first met.
- Fans have long awaited details about Rhaegar Targaryen and Lyanna Stark and why they fell in love.
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The stage play, which will feature a story by the "Game of Thrones" author George R.R. Martin, will revive younger versions of the beloved characters Ned Stark and Jaime Lannister in the setting of the Tourney of Harrenhal, the exclusive report said.
The show is expected to hit Broadway in 2023 and be developed on London's West End and in Australia.
The title of the show has not been revealed, but The Hollywood Reporter said the plot would center on an event known as the Great Tourney at Harrenhal, about 16 years before the events of "Game of Thrones."
The Tourney of Harrenhal is a legendary event where Jon Snow's parents supposedly met and fell in love
"The play will for the first time take audiences deeper behind the scenes of a landmark event that previously was shrouded in mystery," the play's official description says, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "Featuring many of the most iconic and well-known characters from the series, the production will boast a story centered around love, vengeance, madness and the dangers of dealing in prophecy, in the process revealing secrets and lies that have only been hinted at until now."
The Tourney of Harrenhal was one of the inciting incidents of the major drama in "Game of Thrones." It has been alluded to in the "Song of Ice and Fire" novel series and then expanded upon in Martin's encyclopedia-style book "A World of Ice and Fire."
You can read all about the Tourney of Harrenhal - and how Prince Rhaegar Targaryen supposedly fell in love with Lyanna Stark - in our breakdown.
Their union was heavily linked to the downfall of the "Mad King," Aerys Targaryen (Daenerys Targaryen's father), and to Robert Baratheon's rebellion. In the show, we saw a brief flashback of Rhaegar and Lyanna's secret wedding, though it's not clear whether they were actually married in Martin's books.
This new play could clear up many questions that fans of both the show and the books still have.
The Tourney of Harrenhal attendees also included a young Ned and Benjen Stark, as well as Jamie Lannister, so fans might see teenage versions of these characters in the play.
Fan favorites Daenerys Targaryen, Jon Snow, and Arya Stark weren't born yet, so don't expect to see them.
"The seeds of war are often planted in times of peace," Martin said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. "Few in Westeros knew the carnage to come when highborn and smallfolk alike gathered at Harrenhal to watch the finest knights of the realm compete in a great tourney, during the Year of the False Spring. It is a tourney oft referred during HBO's 'Game of Thrones,' and in my novels, A Song of Ice & Fire … and now, at last, we can tell the whole story... on the stage."