The Eighth Story. Nineteen Years Later. Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne, a play by Jack Thorne.
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.
The playscript for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child was originally released as a "special rehearsal edition" alongside the opening of Jack Thorne’s play in London’s West End in summer 2016. Based on an original story by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne, the play opened to rapturous reviews from theatergoers and critics alike, while the official playscript became an immediate global bestseller.
J.K. Rowling is the author of the enduringly popular Harry Potter books. After the idea for Harry Potter came to her on a delayed train journey in 1990, she plotted out and started writing the series of seven books and the first was published as Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone in the UK in 1997. The series took another ten years to complete, concluding in 2007 with the publication of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
To accompany the series, J.K. Rowling wrote three short companion volumes for charity, Quidditch Through the Agesand Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, in aid of Comic Relief and Lumos, and The Tales of Beedle the Bard, in aid of Lumos. She also collaborated on the writing of a stage play, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, which was published as a script book.
Her other books for children include the fairy tale The Ickabog and The Christmas Pig, which were published in 2020 and 2021 respectively and have also been bestsellers. She is also the author of books for adults, including a bestselling crime fiction series.
J.K. Rowling has received many awards and honors for her writing. She also supports a number of causes through her charitable trust Volant and is the founder of the children’s charity Lumos.
To find out more about J.K. Rowling visit jkrowlingstories.com.
Jack Thorne writes for theater, film, television, and radio. His theater credits include
Hope and
Let the Right One In, both directed by John Tiffany,
Junkyard, a Headlong, Rose Theatre Kingston, Bristol Old Vic & Theatr Clwyd co-production,
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,
Cast-Offs, and
National Treasure. He won BAFTAs in 2016 for Best Mini-Series (
This Is England '90) and Best Single Drama (
Don't Take My Baby), and in 2012 for Best Drama Series (
The Fades) and Best Mini-Series(
This Is England '88).
John Tiffany directed
Once for which he was the recipient of multiple awards on Broadway, in the West End, and internationally. Other recent credits include
The Glass Menagerie at A.R.T. and on Broadway, EIF, and the West End, and
The Ambassador at BAM. 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, St. Ann's Warehouse, and toured internationally. His other work for the National Theatre of Scotland includes
Macbeth (also Lincoln Center and Broadway),
Enquirer,
The Missing,
Peter Pan,
The House of Bernarda Alba,
Transform Caithness: Hunter, Be Near Me,
Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us,
The Bacchae (also Lincoln Center),
Elizabeth Gordon Quinn,
Home: Glasgow, and
Black Watch, which toured internationally and for which he won the Olivier and Critics' Circle awards. He was Associate Director of the Traverse Theatre from 1996 to 2001, Paines Plough from 2001 to 2005, the National Theatre of Scotland from 2005 to 2012, and was a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University in the 2010-2011 academic year.
