What is the name of the play sequel to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels?

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The play sequel to J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter novels is Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is a stage play presented in two parts. Its story is set nineteen years after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows and follows an adult Harry, who works at the Ministry of Magic, and his son Albus Severus Potter. Draco Malfoy’s son Scorpius is also central to the plot.

The play’s story was developed by Rowling, director John Tiffany and playwright Jack Thorne. Thorne wrote the script, so Rowling did not write the stage dialogue alone. The original West End production opened at the Palace Theatre in London in 2016.

The published script was marketed as the official eighth story in the Harry Potter series. It is a play script rather than an eighth Rowling novel, a distinction that helps separate it from the seven-book main series.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Oct. 2026

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