The exuberant scenes in the city came hours after the new Harry Potter stage play had its gala opening in London’s West End.
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Today, July 31, marks the release of the play in book form and the world is going nuts.
Nine years after J.K. Rowling’s final novel about the boy wizard, Harry has returned, on the stage and the page – and he’s still producing commercial alchemy.
Rowling, who worked with writer Jack Thorne on an original story, walked the red carpet and expressed her joy for the occasion to Pottermore.
The newsagency will be open from 7am on Sunday, while Wangaratta’s Big W, Target and Kmart stores are also expected to have stock to sell.
“This is the first release in the Harry Potter series in about a decade so it’s just a huge deal”, says Brenton Hayes, Store Manager at Barnes & Noble in Big Flats.
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Jk Rowling has praised fans of Harry Potter for keeping the secrets of West End play The Cursed Child.
For example, we should point out that, as thrilled as people are to be getting a new Harry Potter book, they’re not really getting a new Harry Potter book.
She said: “It means a lot because grew up with Harry Potter so it’s really exciting for me”.
For those who prefer words: Rowling will release the screenplay for “Fantastic Beasts”, a first for her, on November 19.
Hagrid’s motorbike was on display, loaned from Warner Bros, and there was also a cupboard under the stairs – Harry Potter’s dismal bedroom at the Dursley’s house – to pose in.
Rowling’s books have sold more than 450 million copies since 1997 and been adapted into eight films.
Last seen as a teenage wizard, Harry is now an overworked civil servant at the Ministry of Magic, while his son Albus is a pupil at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
Tiffany said the play had “not massively changed” during the preview period.
Dominic Cavendish of Britain’s Daily Telegraph gave it five stars, while Matt Trueman for Hollywood trade paper Variety described it as a “theatrical blockbuster”.
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Mr Cox did not think the fact that the book was a script and not a novel would detract from its appeal.
