Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play received its world premiere in London’s West End on 30th July 2016.

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.

　　《哈利波特與魔法石》齣版19年後，《哈利波特》係列的番外篇《哈利波特與被詛咒的孩子》舞颱劇將於2016年6月7日在倫敦西區皇宮劇院正式預演，7月30日全球首演。這也是《哈利波特》主題作品首次被搬上話劇舞颱。
　　這部舞颱劇的故事大綱是由JK·羅琳、編劇傑剋·索恩（JackThorne）與導演JohnTiffany一起敲定的。整個劇本由傑剋·索恩一人完成，據說作為狂熱哈迷的他在接下這個差事後，一口氣寫瞭40頁劇本。而JK·羅琳的存在則是為瞭對劇本整體走嚮和一些細節進行把關，保證整部劇符閤羅琳筆下的魔法世界史實。
　　這本書是西區預演時的劇本，會包含舞颱劇的上下兩部分。將於2016年7月31日，即舞颱劇全球首演的次日，正式全球發行（當然，經過漂洋過海，到達中國哈迷手中的時間會相對滯後一些）。演員們會在預演的過程中，從與觀眾的互動和演繹的效果中獲得更多靈感，進一步完善首演時的劇本。因此，這個版本將會限期限量發售，之後會被*終收藏版所取代。
　　如今身為工作繁忙的魔法部員工、丈夫與三個學齡孩子的父親，HarryPotter的生活並沒有比當年輕鬆到哪裏去。
　　當Harry努力地想將往事拋諸腦後時，他的小兒子阿不思卻要被自己傳奇般的傢庭齣身睏擾著。現實與往事不詳地糾纏在一起時，兩父子不安地發現：有時候，黑暗會從意想不到的地方顯現齣來。
　　《哈利波特與被詛咒的孩子》英國版由LittleBrown公司齣版，美國版由Scholastic公司齣版。

作者簡介

J.K. Rowling is the author of the seven Harry Potter novels, which have sold over 450 million copies and have been translated into 79 languages, and three companion books originally published for charity. She is also the author of The Casual Vacancy, a novel for adults published in 2012, and, under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith, is the author of the Cormoran Strike crime series. J.K. Rowling is making her screenwriting debut and is a producer on the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a further extension of the Wizarding World, due for release in November 2016.

Jack Thorne writes for theatre, film, television and radio. His theatre credits include Hope and Let The Right One In, both directed by John Tiffany, The Solid Life of Sugarwater for the Graeae Theatre Company, Bunny for the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, Stacy for the Trafalgar Studios, 2nd May 1997 and When You Cure Me for the Bush. His adaptations include The Physicists for the Donmar Warehouse and Stuart: A Life Backwards for Hightide. On film his credits include War Book, A Long Way Down and The Scouting Book for Boys. For television his credits include The Last Panthers, Don’t Take My Baby, This Is England, The Fades, Glue and Cast-Offs and the upcoming National Treasure. In 2012 he won BAFTAs for best series (The Fades) and best serial (This Is England 88).

John Tiffany directed Once for which he was the recipient of multiple awards both in the West End and on Broadway. As Associate Director of the Royal Court, his work includes The Twits, Hope and The Pass. He was the director of Let The Right One In for the National Theatre of Scotland, which transferred to the Royal Court, West End and St. Ann’s Warehouse. His other work for the National Theatre of Scotland includes Macbeth (also Broadway), Enquirer, The Missing, Peter Pan, The House of Bernarda Alba, Transform Caithness: Hunter, Be Near Me, Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us, The Bacchae, Black Watch, for which he won the Olivier and Critics’ Circle Best Director Awards, Elizabeth Gordon Quinn and Home: Glasgow. Other recent credits include The Glass Menagerie at A.R.T. and on Broadway and The Ambassador at BAM. Tiffany was Associate Director of the National Theatre of Scotland from 2005 to 2012, and was a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University in the 2010-2011 academic year.

　　JK·羅琳在1997年至2007年間創作的七部《哈利波特》係列作品迄今已經售齣超過4億5韆萬冊，被翻譯成79種語言在超過200個地區銷售，並改編為8部暢銷大片。
　　傑剋·索恩是《皮囊》和《無恥之徒》的編劇，他創作的英劇《靈界》（TheFades），《英倫88》（ThisIsEngland'88）迷你劇。