Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
| Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Part 1 & Part 2 | |
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Official poster 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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| Original language | English |
| Series | Harry Potter |
| Subject | Harry Potter and his son Albus Severus Potter |
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| Setting | Wizarding world |
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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 |
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8th in series |
| Genre | Fantasy, Drama |
| Published | 31 July 2016 (Special Rehearsal Edition) |
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Publication date
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31 July 2016 |
| Pages | 320 (Special Rehearsal Edition) |
| ISBN | (US); 978-0-7515-6535-5 (UK) |
| Preceded by | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows |
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a two-part West End stage play written by Jack Thorne and 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. As the first brand-new Wizarding World story in nearly a decade, the rehearsal script, which was not a novelisation of the play, was released and became the official eighth Harry Potter story, taking place mainly in the year 2020, but begins in 2016. 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.
The play's official synopsis was released by the publisher (Pottermore) on 23 October 2015:
It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn't much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband, and father of three school-age children.
While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.
While travelling on the Hogwarts Express to begin his first year at Hogwarts, Albus Severus Potter, the second son of Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley, makes an unlikely friend in Scorpius Malfoy, the son of Draco Malfoy and Astoria Greengrass. Surprisingly, Albus is sorted into Slytherin house alongside Scorpius. Both boys are bullied by other students over the next few years, Albus due to his perceived failure to live up to his father, Scorpius due to unproven rumours that he is the son of Lord Voldemort. In addition, Albus and Harry begin to drift apart, owing to Albus's struggles with his father's shadow.
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