Wasn’t it Philomena Cunk who first observed that Shakespeare’s greatest work is Game of Thrones? She had a point. When I told friends that the Royal Shakespeare Company was adapting George R.R. Martin’s saga for the stage, the GoT fans lit up. The non-fans were incredulous, and not in a good way. Now Game of

This George R R Martin adaptation in Stratford-upon-Avon reaches for Shakespearean heights

'Welcome to Westeros' blinks the sign outside the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon, a reference to the continent invented by George R. R. Martin for his…