Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

The first thing you should know going into Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is that it is not written by J. K. Rowling.  It's written by Jack Thorne, and based on a story by Thorne, John Tiffany, and J. K. Rowling.  If you – like I – were interested to see how Rowling's stirring prose would adapt to playwriting, you – like I – will be foiled.  These ma…