内容简介

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on July 30, 2016.

It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

作者简介

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 se...

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哈利：我需要你远离斯科皮·马尔福。阿布思：什么？斯科皮？哈利：我不知道你俩怎么能成为朋友，但你既然和他交了朋友——现在——我需要你——阿布思：我最好的朋友？我唯一的朋友？？哈利：他很危险。阿布思：斯科皮？危险？你认识他吗？爸，如果你真认为他是伏地魔的儿子——哈利：我不知道他是谁，我只知道你得离他远远的。贝恩告诉我说——阿布思：贝恩是谁？哈利：一位占卜技艺高超的马人。他说你被黑云缠绕而且——阿布思：黑云？哈利：而且我很有理由相信黑魔法正在死灰复燃，而我需要保护你不被它伤害。不被他伤害。不被斯科皮伤害。阿布思踌躇了一刻，接着神色变得坚定起来。阿布思：要是我不肯呢？不肯和他保持距离？哈利看着他的儿子，快速思考起来。哈利：有张曾经被用来搞恶作剧的地图。现在我们把它用来——暂时地——监视你。麦格教授会随时盯着你。任何时候你被发现和他在一起，她会即刻赶到；任何时候你只要试着溜出霍格沃茨，她会即刻赶到。我希望你好好上课，你的课也不会再和斯科皮排到一起，而课间，你会呆在格兰芬多公共休息室！阿布思：你不能逼我进入格兰芬多塔楼！我是斯莱特林学院的！哈利：别玩花样，阿布思。你知道你属于哪个学院。如果她发现你和斯科皮——我会对你施咒——那样我就能看到你一举一动，听到你一言一行。与此同时，我们部也会对他的真正身世展开调查。阿布思（开始哭泣）：但是爸——你不能——那不……哈利：我很久以来都认为，我不是一个足够好的父亲是因为你不喜欢我。直到现在我才意识到，我并不需要你来喜欢我，我需要你服从我。因为我是你父亲，而我知道更多。我很抱歉，阿布思。我必须这么做。

——引自第124页

“我身上伏地魔的那部分很久以前就死去了，到那时仅仅从肉体上摆脱他是不够的——我必须从精神上摆脱他。这——对于一个四十岁的男人来说，要学会这点就很吃力了。”——p339，第二部第四幕第十五场中哈利在一座美丽的山坡上对阿不思袒露。

——引自第295页