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Parts I & II · Special Rehearsal Edition

Harry Potter is now a working parent, and his son Albus is preparing to enter Hogwarts. The next chapter of the story explores inherited expectations and an unexpected friendship with Scorpius Malfoy. This record is the Special Rehearsal Edition of the stage script, in two parts. Knowing that form before you open the book is essential: the story is presented for the stage, rather than as another prose novel.

Format
Hardback
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition date
31 Jul 2016
ISBN-13
9780751565355

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A closer look

Before you turn the first page.

A script is a different reading experience

A stage script puts dialogue and action at the centre of the page. Choose this edition if you want to encounter the story in that form. If what you are seeking is the narrative voice and descriptive passages of a conventional novel, the distinction is worth making before purchase. The title connects it to a familiar fictional world, but the reading experience is shaped by its theatrical format.

Pay attention to the edition name

The ISBN on this page, 9780751565355, identifies the hardback Special Rehearsal Edition published by Little, Brown Book Group on 31 July 2016. Keep that edition label in view when comparing listings. A similarly named script book or a different binding may not be the same publication. The names attached to this catalogue record are J. K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne; retailer listings can organise those credits differently.

Read the introduction without the surprises

The premise places Harry’s family alongside a new generation and raises questions about living with a famous parent’s past. Our introduction stays with that setup instead of describing the story’s later turns. For another way into fantasy, The Hobbit offers a narrated quest in the same collection. Comparing those two pages is a simple way to choose between a play script and a novel without relying on a star rating.

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Subjects

  • Drama
  • Fantasy
  • Magic
  • Juvenile Drama
  • Good and evil
  • Literature
  • Fantasiewelt
  • Diskontinuität
  • Zeitreise
  • Auferstehung
  • British and irish drama (dramatic works by one author)
  • Wizards

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J. K. Rowling

English author (born 1965)

Joanne Rowling, better known by her pen name J. K. Rowling, is a British author, philanthropist, producer, and screenwriter. She is best known for writing Harry Potter, a seven-volume series about a young wizard and the best-selling book series in history, with over 600 million copies sold. She also writes Cormoran…

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The details behind this edition

Full title
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts I & II: (Special Rehearsal Edition) The Official Script Book of the Original West End Production
Language
Not specified in the catalogue record
Pages
352 (Open Library)
ISBN
9780751565355

Reading notes updated 16 October 2026.