(Although the play has Rowling's final approval.) As a result, a bunch of critics accused the play of being fanfic. It's written by a fan: playwright Jack Thorne. This isn't an eighth book, and it isn't even written by J.K. The Cursed Child isn't like any other Harry Potter story. You're #24,223,124 on the list for tickets to see the play in London so you might as well read it during the five years you're waiting for a seat.īut beyond those-you know, the things that convinced us to finally get that lightning-bolt shaped tattoo and plan to move to London-there are some real-deal cultural and literary reasons to care.You already care about the script for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child…for a couple of reasons. What is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child About and Why Should I Care? You'll have to use your own magic to bring it to life: your imagination. Rowling and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions Limited."
HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD BOOK NOT SCRIPT VERSION LICENSE
Per the bold print on the copyright page: " Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two may not be performed in whole or in part and no use may be made of it whatsoever except under express license from the rights holders of the work, J.K. Or wait-on second thought, don't do this. If you can't wait, then grab a copy of the Cursed Child script and put on a production in your backyard. We imagine it's only a matter of time until we read about a wand duel to the death for scalped tickets. Until then, fans hope to be one of the lucky forty to get tickets to the play in a weekly lottery. ( Source) The Telegraph called it a "magical show" and the Guardian said it was "spellbinding." American newspapers better go ahead and reserve their best magic-related puns for when the play inevitably comes to Broadway. ( Source)Īnd, although some fans didn't realize that the eighth book is, in fact, a script (whoops-always read that fine print) the play itself was well reviewed. Knowing that all of Harry's approximately 1.4 billion fans don't have the opportunity to travel to London for the stage production, Rowling published the Special Rehearsal Edition Script, spawning midnight release parties the likes of which we hadn't seen since 2007. The different faces emphasize that this isn't your father's Harry Potter-and yes, they're one more reminder that Harry Potter is old enough to be a dad. Initially directed by John Tiffany, who's directed Once and The Glass Menagerie, the play features a new cast of actors playing beloved characters. Yeah, there's magic and mayhem.īut here wizarding takes a backseat to…parenthood. This is way different from any of the other Potter tales. Rowling, playwright Jack Thorne wrote a sprawling, epic, two-part, four-act play about Harry's relationship to his middle child, Albus Severus Potter. Beginning eighteen years after the conclusion of the final novel, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Cursed Child shows us how Harry is adapting to his greatest challenge, a struggle more difficult than vanquishing the most evil wizard in the world: parenthood.īased on a story by J.K. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the canonical eighth story in the Harry Potter universe. We've seen musicals based on movies and musicals that got turned into movies.īut we've never seen anything like Harry Potter and the Cursed Child…and not just because we'll be waiting half a decade to get tickets to the show. We've seen depressing plays about death, sales, and death of salesmen. We've seen Shakespearean theater with sword fights and gender-bending. There are more types of plays than there are types of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Introduction The Play's The Thing
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