Harry Potter fans who weren’t able to get their hands on tickets to Harry Potter and the Cursed Child won’t have to wonder any longer at the fate of Harry, Hermione and Ron, as a book version of the script has just been released in the UK.
The script, written by Jack Thorne, catches up with the characters 19 years after the book series ended, and promises to answer many of the questions Potter fans were left to ponder over the subsequent years.
J K Rowling has been keen to keep spoilers at bay for super fans, leading a #KeepTheSecrets hashtag online - although details of the play’s script have been leaked online ever since it launched at the Palace Theatre in London in July.
Want a taster of what’s to come? Here are three of the most interesting things we learnt from the new book. Read on at your own risk, Potter fans.
Warning: spoilers ahead
Harry’s son is sorted into Slytheryn
In one of the most shocking twists of all, Harry’s second son is sorted into the most loathed of Hogwarts houses. And once he’s sorted into Slytherin, he quickly ditches Rose Weasley and makes best friends with fellow housemate and Draco Malfoy’s son, Scorpius. The two boys bond over the pressures of having famous fathers and a rumour that Scorpius’ real father may be none other than Lord Voldemort.
Could this be the book series’ most unlikely friendship yet? Watch this space...
Hermione’s career dreams come true as she’s appointed Minister of Magic
Hogwarts’ smartest witch has risen the ranks of the Ministry over the past 19 years, ascending from head of the Department of Magical law Enforcement ot the highest position of all - Minister of Magic.
The promotion means the wizarding world has its first female, muggle-born minister at the helm.
As for Harry? He’s now the Head of the Department of Magical Law Enforcement, and in a throwback to their time at Hogwarts, drives his boss, Hermione, crazy by not doing his paperwork on time.
Harry Potter And The Cursed Child opening
Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange have a daughter named Delphi
Yep, He Who Can’t Be Named has a legacy at Hogwarts in the form of unsuspecting Delphi. She’s first introduced into the story as Amos Diggory’s niece, but we soon find out that she’s actually Voldemort and Bellatrix Lestrange’s secret daughter who is plotting to help her father rise to power once again.
Time Turners are back and play a big part of the new story, thank to former Slytheryn student Thedore Nott who is found with an illegal device in his possession. As you can imagine, this leads to lot of time traveling adventures and the climax of the plot finds both Albus and Scorpius and their parents at one of the most pivotal scenes in the entire franchise - at Godric’s Hollow as Voldemort is about to murder James and Lily Potter.
Do they intervene with the course of wizarding history? Well, we won’t spoil that one for you…
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