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《哈利·波特与被诅咒的孩子》是基于《哈利·波特》小说的背景创作而成的舞台剧，剧情从原著结束的19年后展开，剧中人到中年哈利·波特已是魔法部傲罗部门的主管，与妻子金妮育有三个子女。就在小儿子阿不思前往霍格沃茨读书之后，哈利与儿子同时发现他们始终无法摆脱来自过去的阴影……

本集首播于2016-08-09

…and the Midlife Crisis: Harry Potter

The fictional wizard, according to the smash-hit series of books, turns 36 this weekend. Now he's a dad with a day job, according to the two-part, five-hour play that officially opens in London on Saturday. The script, set 19 years after the final book and based on a story part-written by Harry's creator, J.K. Rowling, will apparate into bookshops on Sunday (it's already been top of the best-seller lists for months). The vast scale and the technical wizardry of the production, a tale of generational strife in the Potter and Malfoy clans, are sure to enchant the Potter faithful: cloak-covered transfigurations and fire-spouting wands abound. The play's producers hope such whizbangery will entice new patrons; they would like half of ticket-buyers to be first-time theatregoers. Pottermania could work some needed magic on London's audience figures—already, 250,000 extra seats have been announced for the previously sold-out run.

smash-hit: n. 巨大的成功，非常流行的东西

apparate: vi. 幻影移形

vast scale: n. 大规模

wizardry: n. 魔法

enchant: vt. 诱惑

faithful: n. 死忠

entice: vt. 诱使

patron: n. 主顾

pottermania: n. 波特狂(迷)

work magic: 施展魔法