Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts I & II |
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Official banner of the 2016 West End production
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Written by |
Jack Thorne (script) J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne & John Tiffany (story) |
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Date premiered | 30 July 2016 |
Place premiered | Palace Theatre, London |
Original language | English |
Series | Harry Potter |
Subject | Harry Potter and his son Albus Severus Potter |
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Setting | Wizarding world |
Official site |
Special Rehearsal Edition cover
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Author | Jack Thorne (script) J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany & Jack Thorne (story) |
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Country | United Kingdom |
Language | English |
Series | Harry Potter |
Genre | Fantasy, Drama |
Published | 31 July 2016 (Special Rehearsal Edition) 25 July 2017 ("Definitive Collector's Edition") |
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31 July 2016 |
Pages | 328 (Special Rehearsal Edition) 321 ("Definitive Collector's Edition") |
ISBN | (US); 978-0-7515-6535-5 (UK) |
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a two-part stage play written by Jack Thorne based on an original new story by Thorne, J. K. Rowling and John Tiffany.Previews of the play began at the Palace Theatre, London on 7 June 2016, and it officially premiered on 30 July 2016.
The play will open at Broadway on April 22, 2018, at the Lyric Theatre in New York. Its cast will be similar to that of the first year on West-End, with actors including Sam Clemmett, Jamie Parker, Anthony Boyle, Noma Dumezweni and Paul Thornley.
The rehearsal script, which was not a novelisation of the play, was published.
The story begins nineteen years after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and follows Harry Potter, now a Ministry of Magic employee, and his younger son Albus Severus Potter, who is about to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
At the 2017 Laurence Olivier Awards, the London production received a record-breaking eleven nominations and an again record-breaking nine awards, including Best New Play, Best Actor, Best Actor in a Supporting Role, Best Actress in a Supporting Role and Best Director.