{"id":13051,"date":"2016-01-11T05:31:36","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T05:31:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/?p=13051"},"modified":"2016-01-11T06:21:22","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T06:21:22","slug":"harry-potter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/harry-potter","title":{"rendered":"A Swazi-Born Actress Will Star In The New Harry Potter\u00a0Stage Adaptation"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"a6b39195b99473d6c9dd698db2668010\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:2px 0 2px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<center>\r\n\r\n<script type='text\/javascript'>\r\nfunction ShorterThan(widthMax) {\r\n                if (screen.width < widthMax) {return true;}  \r\n                else {return false}\r\n    }\r\nvar LimitWidth = 728\r\nvar MobileZoneID = 348996\r\nvar DesktopZoneID = 348995   \r\n<!--\/\/<![CDATA[\r\n   document.MAX_ct0 ='';\r\n   var m3_u = (location.protocol=='https:'?'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?':'https:\/\/cas.criteo.com\/delivery\/ajs.php?');\r\n   var m3_r = Math.floor(Math.random()*99999999999);\r\n   document.write (\"<scr\"+\"ipt type='text\/javascript' src='\"+m3_u);\r\n   if (ShorterThan(LimitWidth)) {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+MobileZoneID);} else {document.write (\"zoneid=\"+DesktopZoneID);}\r\n   document.write(\"&nodis=1\");\r\n   document.write ('&cb=' + m3_r);\r\n   if (document.MAX_used != ',') document.write (\"&exclude=\" + document.MAX_used);\r\n   document.write (document.charset ? 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The stage production &#8220;Harry Potter and the Cursed Child&#8221; is set 19 years after the last book was published, and African actress Noma Dumezweni will play a middle-aged Hermione. The play is scheduled to open in July 2016 at the Palace Theatre in London, England.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>An accomplished actress<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dumezweni, 45, was born in Swaziland to South African parents and moved to England when she was a child. She has been acting in over a dozen London theater productions and has had guest roles in many popular British television shows such as <em>Doctor Who<\/em> and <em>Shameless<\/em>. She has even won a Laurence Olivier Award for her role in <em>A Raisin in the Sun<\/em>. And <em>Harry Potter and the Cursed Child<\/em>\u00a0is already proving to be a smash success; it sold 175,000 tickets in the first 24 hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13053\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13053\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-13053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/747jpg.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"700\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/747jpg.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/747jpg-600x360.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/747jpg-450x270.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/747jpg-150x90.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/747jpg-85x51.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/61b93d9b8cedcb563130b8cc2e148942068c7ecb\/0_32_747_448\/master\/747.jpg?w=1200&amp;q=85&amp;auto=format&amp;sharp=10&amp;s=275233da880feb1396e79eb3c02fd530\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">{adinserter CNP5}<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><strong>The decision is making headlines<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The casting has made headlines, as the character is traditionally believed to be white &#8211; though her race in the books has been hotly debated by fans for years. There has been some backlash against the decision. Just like when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/john-boyega\" target=\"_blank\">J<\/a><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/john-boyega\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ohn Boyega was cast in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Star Wars<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">when Michael B. Jordan was cast as Johnny Storm in the latest <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Fantastic Four <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">movie, and when Idris Elba was Heimdall in the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thor<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> franchise, many people expect traditionally white casts and characters to remain that way. When Boyega and Elba were cast, fans even threatened to boycott the movies. Dumezweni has dealt with this issue before when she played a role in the production <em>Linda<\/em> that was originally created for white actress Kim Cattrall. When she was cast in <em>Linda<\/em> she said in an <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/stage\/2015\/dec\/20\/noma-dumezweni-try-not-to-freak-out-linda-interview\" target=\"_blank\">interview with The Guardian<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cThese sort of parts don\u2019t come to me that often. I\u2019m a great theatre actor and a great supporting actor&#8230;but here I am playing a role that was originally going to be a white woman, and that\u2019s what the set-up around the casting is. I\u2019m very, very proud of it.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13054\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13054\" style=\"width: 716px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13054\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/cwtnxjxwuaagl79.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"716\" height=\"716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/cwtnxjxwuaagl79.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/cwtnxjxwuaagl79-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/cwtnxjxwuaagl79-85x85.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pbs.twimg.com\/media\/CWtNxjxWUAAgL79.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Good friends<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/678888094339366914?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Rowling herself tweeted<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cCanon: brown eyes, frizzy hair and very clever. White skin was never specified. Rowling loves black Hermione.\u201d She added &#8220;I&#8217;m so excited with the choice of casting for &#8220;Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.&#8221; I can&#8217;t wait to see Jamie, Noma and Paul bring the adult Harry, Hermione and Ron to life on stage next summer.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The author also <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alwaysdragxns\/status\/678721701035798528\/photo\/1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">retweeted fan art <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">of Dumezweni as Hermione. And Emma Watson, who originated the role, <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EmWatson\/status\/683365894517477377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">also tweeted her support<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cCan&#8217;t wait to see Noma Dumezweni as Hermione on stage this year.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/harrypotterandthecursedchild?src=hash\" target=\"_blank\"> #harrypotterandthecursedchild<\/a> #2016.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Matthew Lewis, who portrayed character Neville Longbottom, has also come out in support. When a fan asked him what he thought of a woman of color being cast as Hermione and stated \u201cno continuity\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mattdavelewis\/status\/678916324249214976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">he responded <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">that his own character was supposed to be blonde. \u201c<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I really don&#8217;t care. Good luck to her<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">,\u201d he added.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13055\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13055\" style=\"width: 718px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-13055\" src=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/infossible_black-hermione-1-700x433.jpg\" alt=\"source\" width=\"718\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/infossible_black-hermione-1-700x433.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/infossible_black-hermione-1-700x433-600x371.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/01\/infossible_black-hermione-1-700x433-85x53.jpg 85w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/infossible.com\/infosdata\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Infossible_Black-Hermione-1-700x433.jpg\" target=\"_blank\">source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.afrizap.com\/en\/idriss-james-bond\">SEE ALSO:\u00a0Idris Elba Is \u201cToo Street\u201d to Play James Bond Says A Writer.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Potter, the seven-book series written by J.K. 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