Harry Potter author in talks with writers and producers to create a theatrical version of the boy wizard story
A play for Potter ... JK Rowling. Photograph: Carlo Allegri/Reuters
JK Rowling is in talks with writers and producers to bring a theatrical version of Harry Potter to the West End, it has been reported.
The production won't be a condensed run through the epic saga of the books, but rather a focus on Harry's early years and the story of his parents, who are killed by Lord Voldemort when Harry is 15 months old.
According to the Daily Mail, a leading choice for director is John Tiffany, whose staging of the leftfield vampire tale Let the Right One In is currently playing at London's Apollo theatre, and whose Broadway production of The Glass Menagerie has been nominated for seven Tony awards including one for directing. Jack Thorne, who wrote the Let the Right One In adaptation, is also apparently being courted by Rowling.
The play's producers will be Sonia Friedman, whose recent hits include Chimerica and Mojo, and Colin Callender, whose 2013 production of Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy starring Tom Hanks became the highest-grossing play in Broadway history.
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The production won't be a condensed run through the epic saga of the books, but rather a focus on Harry's early years and the story of his parents, who are killed by Lord Voldemort when Harry is 15 months old.
According to the Daily Mail, a leading choice for director is John Tiffany, whose staging of the leftfield vampire tale Let the Right One In is currently playing at London's Apollo theatre, and whose Broadway production of The Glass Menagerie has been nominated for seven Tony awards including one for directing. Jack Thorne, who wrote the Let the Right One In adaptation, is also apparently being courted by Rowling.
The play's producers will be Sonia Friedman, whose recent hits include Chimerica and Mojo, and Colin Callender, whose 2013 production of Nora Ephron's Lucky Guy starring Tom Hanks became the highest-grossing play in Broadway history.
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