哈利波特系列最新故事登上音樂劇舞台(雙語)

JK Rowling praises Harry Potter fans for not sharing Cursed Child spoilers.

　　JK羅琳高度讚揚粉絲的保密工作，沒有將音樂劇的劇情泄露出去。

　　Speaking at the gala opening at the Palace Theatre in London, the best-selling author said fans had been "amazing" at avoiding spoilers.

　　在倫敦宮廷劇院門口參加音樂劇首映的羅琳直呼粉絲的保密工作「太厲害」。

　　It』s the most extraordinary fandom, so I』m not surprised... they didn』t want to spoil it for each other.

　　「他們是最棒的粉絲，沒有把劇情泄露出去，我一點都不驚訝。」

　　Thousands of fans later queued outside bookshops across the world for the play』s script release at midnight.

　　來自世界各地的數千名粉絲在書店外排隊等待新劇本的發布。

　　Rowling said that she would like the new Harry Potter play to be seen widely around the world.

　　羅琳表示自己很希望這部音樂劇能在世界範圍內演出。

　　Asked if the show would head to Broadway, she told the BBC: "I』d love it to go wider than that. I』d like as many Potter fans to see it as possible."

　　當問到該劇是否將在紐約百老匯演出時，羅琳告訴BBC記者:「我當然希望不止於此，希望更多的粉絲看到這部劇。」

　　The story, by Rowling, writer Jack Thorne and director John Tiffany, is set 19 years after the seventh and final book in the series, the Deathly Hallows. It portrays the stars of the Rowling』s wizarding saga as adults with their own children heading off to school.

　　該音樂劇是JK羅琳出版第七本著作《哈利波特與死亡聖器》，也是哈利波特系列最後一本作品后，攜手音樂劇編劇傑克·索恩 ，導演約翰·蒂凡尼共同打造的。在音樂劇中，19年後原來書中的主角哈利波特與同學們已經為人父母和自己的孩子一起去魔法學校。

　　Audiences had been urged to "keep the secrets" since the play - presented in two parts over five hours - began previews in early June.

　　該音樂劇分為上下兩部演出時長達5小時，從六月初開始上演。主創們一直呼籲粉絲對劇情保密。

　　It won a number of five-star reviews earlier this week, with one critic describing it as "a game-changing production".

　　該劇上演后收穫了不少5星好評，甚至有評論稱其為「顛覆行業的作品」。

　　Rowling, Thorne and Tiffany joined the cast on stage as the audience gave a standing ovation at the close of part two of the play on Saturday night.

　　周六在第二部分演出結束后，觀眾起立給予熱烈掌聲，隨即羅琳，傑克·索恩 ，導演約翰·蒂凡尼登台和主創一起亮相。

　　Speaking earlier, Tiffany said the play had "not massively changed" during the preview period.

　　導演約翰·蒂凡尼早前曾表示現在呈現出來的和預演時期相比,劇情上並未做大的改動。

　　We』ve crystallised and evolved some of the illusions and costumes - all of the actors are still in it, I』m glad to say. It』s been great to see it develop in front of an audience.

　　「我們一直都在嘗試將書中的情節和服裝變成現實——之前書中人物基本都還在。能把這些人物搬到舞台上我覺得很棒。」

　　The script book of the play, billed as the eighth Harry Potter story, was published at midnight, with bookshops around the world holding late-night openings to allow fans to pick up their copies.

　　該劇本一直被視為是哈利波特系列的第八部,選在午夜時分發售，所以世界範圍內發行該書的書店在當天都推遲了營業以便書迷拿到劇本的複印版。

　　Waterstones said 140 of its shops were hosting Potter parties on Saturday night, with the largest events in Edinburgh, Manchester Deansgate and London』s Piccadilly.

　　英國老牌實體書店水石書店說旗下140所連鎖書店都在周六晚上舉行了哈利波特趴，是愛丁堡，曼徹斯特丁斯蓋特大街以及倫敦皮卡迪利大街近來最盛大的活動。

　　About 700 people dressed as witches, wizards and magical creatures flocked to the Piccadilly store for its launch.

　　大約有700人打扮成魔法師，魔法生物湧向倫敦皮卡迪利大街的書店等待新書的發布。

　　A spokeswoman said: "Our pre-orders have exceeded six figures - numbers we haven』t seen since the last Harry Potter book and we fully expect Harry Potter and the Cursed Child to be our best-selling book of the year."

　　一位水石書店的發言人稱：「新書的預定量現在已經超過10萬，上次出現這樣的盛況還是在發行上一部哈利波特的時候，我們相信新書《哈利波特與被詛咒的孩子》很有可能成為年度暢銷書。」

　　It is a similar story in the US where booksellers Barnes and Noble said the script had broken the pre-order record set by Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.
在美國情況也是如此，巴諾書店稱新書的預定量已經打破《哈利波特與死亡聖器》的記錄。

　　The Harry Potter books have sold more than 450 million copies since 1997 and been adapted into eight films.

　　哈利波特系列自1997年誕生以來共售出4億5千萬冊，並改編成了八部同名電影。

　　Potter fans are also preparing themselves for spin-off film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, written by Rowling, which opens in November.

　　粉絲們同樣期待來自哈利波特系列的延伸電影《神奇動物在哪裡》，該電影劇本由羅琳操刀將於十一月上映。（《神奇動物在哪裡》在《哈利·波特》系列中是霍格沃茨魔法學校「奇獸飼育學」（Magizoology）課的課本，書中詳述了75種魔法動物的生活習性以及應當如何照顧它們。電影《神奇動物在哪裡》的劇本由羅琳全新創作的，而這也是羅琳首次涉足電影編劇的工作）