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Official Harry Potter Buzzness. to the Muggle It To: [email protected] ​ From: [email protected] ​ Subject: Official Harry Potter Buzzness. To the Muggle it may concern, Greetings. I am Emily Rosu, the PR rep for the upcoming play “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”. I am writing to discuss a feature on your website Buzzfeed regarding the upcoming 8th ​ ​ installment of the Harry Potter franchise. The play will be performed in London this upcoming summer, and will follow the world’s favorite wizard 19 years after the final battle at Hogwarts. I want Buzzfeed to be the play’s launchpad and where fans can read about the new Harry Potter chapter. I am a big fan of Buzzfeed; especially the quizzes. I admire your approach to news reporting, and the ease with which you present common problems and turn them into lists and videos that easily hit thousands of views. Our target audience’s age is 18­34; a range that I saw is very frequent among Buzzfeed viewers. I have also noticed your frequent and recurring posts regarding Harry Potter; not to mention the DIY articles that are Triwizard Cup worthy. Thanks to your persistent Harry posts, you are the best and obvious medium through which “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” should be presented through first. I attached the press release and bio sheet at the end of this mail, and if need­be you can contact me for further information at [email protected] or [email protected] . ​ Thank you for your time; I hope we can present the play to an eager fandom together. Yours magically, Emily Rosu. Contact Emily Rosu Oxford Street 5, London. Hogwarts Studios [email protected] February 29th, 2016 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HARRY POTTER IS BACK; 19 YEARS AFTER THE LAST BATTLE. Based on the book Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by Jack Thorne, the play following Harry ​ ​ Potter as a Ministry of Magic employee 19 years after his last battle at Hogwarts will be presented at the London’s Palace Theatre. The play will be presented in 2 parts, and tickets will range from 30£ to 130£ . The play is set to start on July 30th 2016, one day before Harry’s birthday. J.K Rowling has also participated in writing the script for the play, along with Jack Thorne and John Tiffany. The play follows Harry Potter 19 years after the last Hogwarts battle, and portrays him dealing with his job at the Ministry of Magic, and his job as a husband and father at home. The play also focuses on Harry’s eldest son, Albus Severus Potter. The parallel between Harry and his son will be the main focus, and it shows a possible new form of darkness rising; also mentioned in the title with the “cursed” adjective describing the child. It is set in the Wizarding World, and will also have the return of beloved characters Ron and Hermione. The actors have been cast and Jamie Parker will be playing Harry; Paul Thornley as Ron; and Noma Dumezweni as Hermione. ​ ​ The play will fill the fandom’s longed cravings for more Harry Potter stories and adventures by giving them a taste of how what Harry’s life shaped up to be after he defeated he who must not be named. Playing in London, “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child” is the first installment to come after the original book series, and with J.K Rowling’s blessing and collaborative input, it will live up to its expectations. The play will encompass and extend the legacy left by the beloved wizard, and give the fans a chance to experience and live the Wizarding World once again. Official poster for “Harry Potter and the Cursed Child”. Contact Emily Rosu Oxford Street 5, London. Hogwarts Studios [email protected] Bio Sheet Author Bios Jack Thorne, author of "Harry Potter and the Curse Child" is an english screen and play writer. Born in Bristol, England he has written several known pieces, such as the "This is England" mini series. Also having collaborated on the widely known tv show "Skins", Thorne is an acclaimed writer also nominated frequently among Theatre and TV award shows. His most recent award was won thanks to his "This is England '88" as best drama serial at the BAFTA TV Award in 2012. Only 37 and currently living in Luton, with the Harry Potter book and play his fame will certainly grow even more. John Tiffany is an acclaimed English theatre director, and will be directing "Harry Potter and the Cursed Child". Tiffany has directed plays in London, Scotland and New York's Broadway scene. His musical "Once" is the play with which Thorne reached the stars, and in 2012, won him a Tony Award as Best Directional of a Musical. Jack Tiffany also won an Olivier, Obie and Drama Desk Award for "Once", raising the expectations and trust when it comes to Harry Potter's play. J.K Rowling is the mastermind and beloved author behind the Harry Potter saga. Also a screenwriter and movie producer, Rowling wrote the first book “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone” on napkins while she was on a train. Struggling with finding publisher, Bloomsbury had faith, and published the first book in 1997. However, Rowling decided to sign herself under an ungendered pen name, so that her fear of teenagers not reading the book due to her being a woman, would not happen. The Harry Potter series is the best­selling book series in history, and with over 400 million copies sold, the series still has a wide spread of fans all over the world that refer to the books as “home”. Quick Quotes “The play will fill the fandom’s longed cravings for more Harry Potter stories and adventures by giving them a taste of how what Harry’s life shaped up to be after he defeated he who must not be named”. “The parallel between Harry and his son will be the main focus, and it shows a possible new form of darkness rising”. “The play will encompass and extend the legacy left by the beloved wizard, and give the fans a chance to experience and live the Wizarding World once again”. “The play is set to start on July 30th 2016, one day before Harry’s birthday.” .
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