With fans who can't get to the West End to catch Harry Potter and the Cursed Child now able to devour the script, co-writer Jack Thorne has said that he knows it is just a "substitute".
Talking on Twitter on the day of the play's official opening yesterday (July 30), Thorne enthused that it had been a "ridiculously extraordinary experience" working with JK Rowling and John Tiffany on the play.
And recognising that Harry Potter fans across the world can't all hop on a broomstick to London, he hopes the script will satisfy their need for more adventures in the wizarding world - and wants them to know it was written by a true Potter fan.
"As a proud Ravenclaw I love books & so hope people like #cursedchild. It's been an incredible privilege to dance in @jk_rowling's world," Thorne wrote.
"I'd love people to see it, it's better seen than read. Plays are like sheet music, meant to be sung & we've a cast & crew of pure Beyoncé."
The play received overwhelmingly positive reviews from critics this week, including a full five stars from Digital Spy.
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A sequel to Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Cursed Child follows a grown up Harry 19 years after he defeated Lord Voldemort.
It focuses on his and Ginny Weasley's children, as well as those of Ron and Hermione, who were introduced in the seventh book's epilogue.
Audience members have been encouraged not to spoil the plot with the hashtag #KeepTheSecrets.
Due to the high critical praise and huge demand, the show is releasing an extra 250,000 tickets booking up until December 10, 2017, which go on sale next Thursday (August 4) at 11am BST.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is showing at the Palace Theatre.
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