Talk:Harry Potter and the Cursed Child cast lists

Format
The main editor of this article didn't respond to the inquiry of "is there any significance with the "for" appearing for only some of the listings but not all? And what's up with the italics and bolds? Have not removed the format in case they actually signify something, just don't know what. Please help"; either way, the listing is somewhat confusing. Ima try to see if doing it the table way will help. Can't guarantee.

The following is using data all from what's on the article page. As shown, personally I'm supremely confused about certain characters that have understudies listed but not credited amongst the rest of the main cast. Most confused about Severus Snape and Dolores Umbridge, because unless the rehearsal script is drastically different form the actual productions, surely those two actually had a memorable amount of "screen time"? Do they like switch actors every other day or something? Why was there no one credited as those characters? Confused.

The random bold and italics in the current article to me is also distracting without any explanation of the purpose. I'm not saying the table is super awesome or anything, but at least I'm able to quickly compare who's playing who in each production. And the current production and replacement history can still be kept the way it is, unless someone figures out a better solution. -- S a m m m ✦✧ (talk) 10:18, January 18, 2019 (UTC)

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:99%;" ! rowspan="3" colspan="1" width="10%" | Character ! colspan="5" align="center" | Productions ! width="10%" | London, West End, UK Original West End cast ! width="10%" | Broadway, New York, USA Original Broadway cast ! width="10%" | Melbourne, Australia ! width="10%" | San Francisco, USA ! width="10%" | Hamburg, Germany ! colspan="6" |
 * 2016
 * 2018
 * 2019
 * 2019
 * 2020
 * 2020

Main characters
! Harry Potter ! Albus Severus Potter ! Ginny Potter ! James Sirius Potter ! Ron Weasley ! Rose Granger-Weasley ! Hermione Granger ! Scorpius Malfoy ! Draco Malfoy ! colspan="6" |
 * colspan=2|Jamie Parker
 * Gareth Reeves
 * colspan=2|TBA
 * colspan="2" |Sam Clemmett
 * Sean Rees-Wemyss
 * colspan="2" | TBA
 * colspan="2" | Poppy Miller
 * Lucy Goleby
 * colspan="2" |TBA
 * Tom Milligan
 * Benjamin Wheelwright
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * colspan="2" | Paul Thornley
 * Gyton Grantley
 * colspan=2|TBA
 * Cherelle Skeete
 * Susan Heyward
 * Manali Datar
 * colspan="2" |TBA
 * colspan="2" | Noma Dumezweni
 * Paula Arundell
 * colspan=2|TBA
 * colspan="2" |Anthony Boyle
 * William McKenna
 * colspan="2" |TBA
 * colspan="2" |Alex Price
 * Tom Wren
 * colspan="2" |TBA

Hogwarts staff, students, and denizens
! Albus Dumbledore !rowspan="4" colspan="2" |confused ! Rubeus Hagrid ! Severus Snape ! Cedric Diggory ! Rolanda Hooch ! Minerva McGonagall ! Craig Bowker Jr ! Polly Chapman ! Yann Fredericks ! Karl Jenkins ! Moaning Myrtle ! Sorting Hat ! Bane ! colspan="6" |
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Helena Lymbery
 * Kathryn Meisle
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Sandy McDade
 * Geraldine Hughes
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Jeremy Ang Jones
 * Joshua De Jesus
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Claudia Grant
 * Madeline Weinstein
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * James Le Lacheur
 * Jess Barbagalo
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Jack North
 * Joey LaBrasca
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Annabel Baldwin
 * Lauren Nicole Cipoletti
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Chris Jarman
 * Brian Abraham
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Nuno Silva
 * David St Louis
 * colspan="3" |TBA

Others
! James Potter !rowspan="4" colspan="2" |confused ! Lily Potter ! Lord Voldemort ! Dolores Umbridge ! Delphini ! Trolley witch ! Amos Diggory ! Dudley Dursley ! Petunia Dursley ! Vernon Dursley
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Esther Smith
 * Jessie Fisher
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Sandy McDade
 * Geraldine Hughes
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Barry McCarthy
 * Edward James Hyland
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Jack North
 * Joey LaBrasca
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Helena Lymbery
 * Kathryn Meisle
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * Paul Bentall
 * Byron Jennings
 * colspan="3" |TBA
 * }