Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

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To Jack Thorne
who entered my world
and did beautiful things there.

— J.K. Rowling

For Joe, Louis, Max, Sonny, and Merle . . . wizards all . . .

— John Tiffany

To Elliott Thorne, born April 7, 2016.

As we rehearsed, he gurgled.

— Jack Thorne

CONTENTS

PART ONE

A
CT
O
NE

A
CT
T
WO

PART TWO

A
CT
T
HREE

A
CT
F
OUR

A
BOUT
THE
P
RODUCTION

B
IOGRAPHIES
OF
THE
O
RIGINAL
S
TORY
T
EAM

A
CKNOWLEDGEMENTS

KING’S CROSS

A busy and crowded station. Full of people trying to go somewhere. Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys. They’re being
pushed by two boys,
JAMES POTTER
and
ALBUS POTTER
, their mother,
GINNY
, follows after. A thirty-seven-year-old man,
HARRY
, has his daughter,
LILY
, on his shoulders.

ALBUS:
Dad. He keeps saying it.

HARRY:
James, give it a rest.

JAMES:
I only said he might be in Slytherin. And he might so . . .
(Off his dad’s glare.)
Fine.

ALBUS
(looking up at his mum)
:
You’ll write to me, won’t you?

GINNY:
Every day if you want us to.

ALBUS:
No. Not every day. James says most people only get letters from home about once a month. I don’t want to . . .

HARRY:
We wrote to your brother three times a week last year.

ALBUS:
What? James!

ALBUS
looks accusingly at
JAMES
.

GINNY:
Yes. You may not want to believe everything he tells you about Hogwarts. He likes a laugh, your brother.

JAMES
(with a grin)
:
Can we go now, please?

ALBUS
looks at his dad, and then his mum.

GINNY:
All you have to do is walk straight at the wall between platforms nine and ten.

LILY:
I’m so excited.

HARRY:
Don’t stop and don’t be scared you’ll crash into it, that’s very important. Best to do it at a run if you’re
nervous.

ALBUS:
I’m ready.