‘Harry Potter’ Play To Come To The London Stage In 2016
Is Harry Potter coming to the stage? You bet! Author of the series J.K. Rowling announced on Twitter on Friday that a new stage play is coming to London next year.
The play will be called Harry Potter and The Cursed Child and will feature the “untold part” of Harry Potter’s story. That said Rowling assured fans that this untold story is “not a prequel.”
Harry Potter and The Cursed Child is made for the stage, and because of that it won’t act as a book in the series. Instead, Rowling said of the play that it’s a, “result of a collaboration between writer Jack Thorne, director John Tiffany and myself.”
Although some Harry Potter fans might be upset that there’s not a book in the works, the author said that she’s “confident” that “Potterheads” will understand her reasoning.
Here’s a few tweets J.K. Rowling left about the new play.
I’m also very excited to confirm today that a new play called Harry Potter and the #CursedChild will be opening in London next year.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 26, 2015
It will tell a new story, which is the result of a collaboration between writer Jack Thorne, director John Tiffany and myself. #CursedChild
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 26, 2015
I don’t want to say too much more, because I don’t want to spoil what I know will be a real treat for fans. #CursedChild
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 26, 2015
To answer one inevitable (and reasonable!) question – why isn’t #CursedChild a new novel? – I am confident that when audiences see the play
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 26, 2015
To answer one inevitable (and reasonable!) question – why isn’t #CursedChild a new novel? – I am confident that when audiences see the play
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 26, 2015
“@HogwartsLogic: The Harry Potter fandom right now after finding out about #CursedChild pic.twitter.com/V28ZhW1M2C” Truth!
— Nicola Arthur (@NicR4) June 26, 2015
@jk_rowling I AM SO BEYOND THRILLED THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXTENDING THE HP UNIVERSE!!
— Polly Maeve (@PollyMaeve) June 26, 2015
@jk_rowling i think it’s a great idea!! the wizarding world is such an amazing fictional world you could write 715 novels i’d read them all
— michelle (@POSElDONS) June 26, 2015
That said, fans of the United States are freaking out.
@jk_rowling I hope this will become available internationally – Harry Potter is very popular in the U.S.! #CursedChild
— Samantha (@th3rebelspy) June 26, 2015
So when is Harry Potter and the #CursedChild going to show in the U.S.??? @jk_rowling
— nini (@_niniphan) June 26, 2015
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