It looks like J.K. Rowling has decided to take a page out of Warner Bros.’ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book, with the author revealing on Twitter that the upcoming stage play Harry Potter and the Cursed Child has been split into two parts.
Due to the epic nature of the story we’ve been working on, Harry Potter & the #CursedChild will be in two parts! @HPPlayLDN
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 24, 2015
The play is being written by BAFTA-winner Jack Thorne (Skins, This Is England ’86), who told Pottermore that: “Obviously I loved it when we decided to tell this story in two parts because I got to spend more time with the characters and what an honour that has been. It continues to be unbelievable and amazing that I’ve been given this extraordinary chance to bring Harry Potter to the stage. As a fan, who just devoured the books and the films, this couldn’t be more exciting for me. I just hope we do it justice. I’m so constantly aware of respecting the previous seven stories…I hope people love this play like they loved the books. Everything we do is with that in mind.”
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Director John Tiffany added that: “I’ve never worked on anything quite like this before. Usually in theatre you’re adapting existing material or creating an entirely new play. With The Cursed Child we have been given the unique opportunity to explore some of the most cherished books and beloved characters ever written, yet work with J.K. Rowling to tell a story from that world that no one yet knows – it’s exhilarating. It shares a scale and ambition with all the Harry Potter stories so in order to do this justice we have decided to present the play in two parts.”
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child will hit the West End in the summer of 2016.
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Originally published September 26, 2015. Updated April 15, 2018.
