Severus
Americannoun
noun
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The play takes place 19 years after the final book and follows Harry's son Albus Severus as he arrives at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.
From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026
With John Lithgow as Albus Dumbledore, Janet McTeer as Minerva McGonagall, Nick Frost as Hagrid and Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape, the cast is just as formidable and star-studded as the films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026
HBO’s Casey Bloys says ‘Harry Potter’ has a ‘serious security team’ because it anticipated the racist backlash for casting Paapa Essiedu as Severus Snape.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026
As Simon Elliott describes in his biography “The African Emperor,” Severus was a mercurial and contradictory character, capable by turns of savagery, cunning, wit and generosity, and always blessed with a sense of the theatrical.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 19, 2026
“Will you, Severus, watch over my son, Draco, as he attempts to fulfill the Dark Lord’s wishes?”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
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