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LONDON: Harry Potter's stage debut got a standing ovation from a packed theatre audience in a new London play that imagines the fictional boy wizard as a grown-up father of three, British media reported on Wednesday.

Exactly 18 years ago on this day, the very first installment of the Harry Potter series was published.

The seven Harry Potter books have collectively sold nearly half a billion copies altogether, a number that grows steadily; the series is third on...