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Harry Potter to return to bookstores in script for London play

Published 2016-02-10, 10:14 a/m
Harry Potter to return to bookstores in script for London play
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BOSTON, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Harry Potter, the boy wizard hero
of a series of best-selling books and hit movies, will return to
British and U.S. bookstores this summer with the release of the
script for an upcoming London stage play that chronicles
Potter's adult life.
"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" depicts the hero as an
overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic and father of three
children who is grappling "with a past that refuses to stay
where it belongs," the Scholastic Corp publisher SCHL.O said
on Wednesday.
The play is partly written by J.K. Rowling, author of the
Potter books, and will have its debut in London on July 30. It
will be presented in two parts, designed to be viewed over two
nights or in two performances on the same day.
The book will be released on July 31 in the United States
and Canada, Scholastic said. Little, Brown will be publishing
the script simultaneously in the United Kingdom.
Billed as a "special rehearsal edition," the first printing
of the script may vary from what is seen on stage in London,
Scholastic said, noting that a second edition will be published
with the final script.
The seven Harry Potter books concluded with "Harry Potter
and the Deathly Hallows" in 2007 as Potter finally defeated his
nemesis, the evil wizard Lord Voldemort. Eight feature films
were produced, with the final book presented in two movies.
More than 450 million copies of the Harry Potter books have
been sold worldwide in 79 languages and the movies have grossed
more than $7 billion worldwide. Rowling's wizarding world also
inspired an area the Universal Orlando theme park.

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