What is the title of J.K. Rowling’s first Harry Potter stage play?

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is J.K. Rowling’s first Harry Potter stage play. The play premiered in London’s West End in 2016 and was written by Jack Thorne, based on an original story by Thorne, John Tiffany, and Rowling.

Its story is set nineteen years after the events of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. Harry is an adult working at the Ministry of Magic, while his son Albus Severus Potter begins at Hogwarts. Albus becomes close friends with Scorpius Malfoy, Draco Malfoy’s son.

The published work is presented as a rehearsal script rather than as a conventional prose novel. The original London production was divided into two parts, although later productions have also been staged in a one-part version.

The title is sometimes described as a novel because it was sold in book form, but it is a play script designed for theatrical performance.