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.
Praise for Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Parts I and II
* "Series fans can breathe easy knowing this play has been
respectfully and lovingly wrought. Tensions thrum, spells fly...
but at center stage, as always in the Potterverse, is the
overriding importance of love and friendship, especially in the
face of danger." -- Booklist, starred review
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