Act four, scene fifteen

A BEAUTIFUL HILL

HARRY and ALBUS walk up a hill on a beautiful summer’s day. They say nothing, enjoying the sun on their faces as they climb.

HARRY: So are you ready?

ALBUS: For what?

HARRY: Well, there’s the fourth-year exams — and then the fifth year — big year — in my fifth year I did —

He looks at ALBUS. He smiles. He talks quickly.

I did a lot of stuff. Some of it good. Some of it bad. A lot of it quite confusing.

ALBUS: Good to know.

HARRY smiles.

I got to watch them — you know — for a bit — your mum and dad. They were — you had fun together. Your dad used to love to do this smoke ring thing with you where you... well, you couldn’t stop giggling.

HARRY: Yes?

ALBUS: I think you’d have liked them. And I think me, Lily, and James would have liked them too.

HARRY nods. There’s a slightly uncomfortable silence. Both are trying to reach each other here, both are failing.

HARRY: You know, I thought I’d lost him — Voldemort — I thought I’d lost him — and then my scar started hurting again and I had dreams of him and I could even speak Parseltongue again and I started to feel like I’d not changed at all — that he’d never let me go —

ALBUS: And had he?

HARRY: The part of me that was Voldemort died a long time ago, but it wasn’t enough to be physically rid of him — I had to be mentally rid of him. And that — is a lot to learn for a forty-year-old man.

He looks at ALBUS.

That thing I said to you — it was unforgivable, and I can’t ask you to forget it but I can hope we move past it. I’m going to try to be a better dad for you, Albus. I am going to try and—be honest with you and...

ALBUS: Dad, you don’t need to —

HARRY: You told me you don’t think I’m scared of anything, and that — I mean, I’m scared of everything. I mean, I’m afraid of the dark, did you know that?

ALBUS: Harry Potter is afraid of the dark?

HARRY: I don’t like small spaces and — I’ve never told anyone this, but I don’t much like — (he hesitates before saying it) pigeons.

ALBUS: You don’t like pigeons?

HARRY (he scrunches up his face): Nasty, pecky, dirty things. They give me the creeps.

ALBUS: But pigeons are harmless!

HARRY: I know. But the thing that scares me most, Albus Severus Potter, is being a dad to you. Because I’m operating without wires here. Most people at least have a dad to base themselves on — and either try to be or try not to be. I’ve got nothing — or very little. So I’m learning, okay? And I’m going to try with everything I’ve got — to be a good dad for you.

ALBUS: And I’ll try and be a better son. I know I’m not James, Dad, I’ll never be like you two —

HARRY: James is nothing like me.

ALBUS: Isn’t he?

HARRY: Everything comes easy for James. My childhood was a constant struggle.

ALBUS: So was mine. So you’re saying — am I — like you?

HARRY smiles at ALBUS.

HARRY: Actually you’re more like your mum — bold, fierce, funny — which I like — which I think makes you a pretty great son.

ALBUS: I almost destroyed the world.

HARRY: Delphi wasn’t going anywhere, Albus — you brought her out into the light and you found a way for us to fight her. You may not see it now, but you saved us.

ALBUS: But shouldn’t I have done better?

HARRY: You don’t think I ask myself the same questions?

ALBUS (stomach sinking further, he knows this is not what his dad would do): And then — when we caught her — I wanted to kill her.

HARRY: You’d watched her murder Craig, you were angry, Albus, and that’s okay. And you wouldn’t have done it.

ALBUS: How do you know that? Maybe that’s my Slytherin side. Maybe that’s what the Sorting Hat saw in me.

HARRY: I don’t understand your head, Albus — actually, you know what, you’re a teenager, I shouldn’t be able to understand your head, but I do understand your heart. I didn’t — for a long time — but thanks to this — “escapade” — I know what you got in there. Slytherin, Gryffindor, whatever label you’ve been given — I know — know — that heart is a good one — yeah, whether you like it or not, you’re on your way to being some wizard.

ALBUS: Oh I’m not going to be a wizard, I’m going into pigeon racing. I’m quite excited about it.

HARRY grins.

HARRY: Those names you have — they shouldn’t be a burden. Albus Dumbledore had his trials too, you know — and Severus Snape, well, you know all about him —

ALBUS: They were good men.

HARRY: They were great men, with huge flaws, and you know what — those flaws almost made them greater.

ALBUS looks around himself.

ALBUS: Dad? Why are we here?

HARRY: This is where I often come.

ALBUS: But this is a graveyard...

HARRY: And here is Cedric’s grave.

ALBUS: Dad?

HARRY: The boy who was killed — Craig Bowker — how well did you know him?

ALBUS: Not well enough.

HARRY: I didn’t know Cedric well enough either. He could have played Quidditch for England. Or been a brilliant Auror. He could have been anything. And Amos is right — he was stolen. So I come here. Just to say sorry. When I can.

ALBUS: That’s a — good thing to do.

ALBUS joins his dad in front of CEDRIC’s grave. HARRY smiles at his son and looks up at the sky.

HARRY: I think it’s going to be a nice day.

He touches his son’s shoulder. And the two of them — just slightly — melt together.

ALBUS (smiles): So do I.

The End

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ABOUT THE PRODUCTION

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Parts One and Two was first produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, Colin Callender, and Harry Potter Theatrical Productions. It premiered at the Palace Theatre in London, England, on July 30, 2016, with the following cast (in alphabetical order):

CRAIG BOWKER JR

Jeremy Ang Jones

MOANING MYRTLE, LILY POTTER SR

Annabel Baldwin

UNCLE VERNON, SEVERUS SNAPE, LORD VOLDEMORT

Paul Bentall

SCORPIUS MALFOY

Anthony Boyle

ALBUS POTTER

Sam Clemmett

HERMIONE GRANGER

Noma Dumezweni

POLLY CHAPMAN

Claudia Grant

HAGRID, SORTING HAT

Chris Jarman

YANN FREDERICKS

James Le Lacheur

AUNT PETUNIA, MADAM HOOCH, DOLORES UMBRIDGE

Helena Lymbery

AMOS DIGGORY, ALBUS DUMBLEDORE

Barry McCarthy

TROLLEY WITCH, PROFESSOR MCGONAGALL

Sandy McDade

STATIONMASTER

Adam McNamara

GINNY POTTER

Poppy Miller

CEDRIC DIGGORY, JAMES POTTER JR., JAMES POTTER SR

Tom Milligan

DUDLEY DURSLEY, KARL JENKINS, VIKTOR KRUM

Jack North

HARRY POTTER

Jamie Parker

DRACO MALFOY

Alex Price

BANE

Nuno Silva

ROSE GRANGER-WEASLEY, YOUNG HERMIONE

Cherrelle Skeete

DELPHI DIGGORY

Esther Smith

RON WEASLEY

Paul Thornley

YOUNG HARRY POTTER

Rudi Goodman, Alfred Jones, Bili Keogh, Ewan Rutherford, Nathaniel Smith, Dylan Standen

LILY POTTER JR

Zoe Brough, Cristina Fray, Christiana Hutchings

OTHER ROLES PLAYED BY

Nicola Alexis, Jeremy Ang Jones, Rosemary Annabella, Jack Bennett, Paul Bentall, Morag Cross, Claudia Grant, James Howard, Lowri James, Chris Jarman, Martin Johnston, James Le Lacheur, Helena Lymbery, Barry McCarthy, Andrew McDonald, Adam McNamara, Tom Milligan, Jack North, Stuart Ramsey, Nuno Silva, Cherrelle Skeete

SWINGS

Helen Aluko, Morag Cross, Chipo Kureya, Tom Mackley, Joshua Wyatt

MOVEMENT CAPTAIN

Nuno Silva

ASSISTANT MOVEMENT CAPTAIN

Jack North

VOICE CAPTAIN

Morag Cross

PRODUCTION CREDITS

ORIGINAL STORY

J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany, Jack Thorne

PLAYWRIGHT

Jack Thorne

DIRECTOR

John Tiffany

MOVEMENT DIRECTOR

Steven Hoggett

SET DESIGNER

Christine Jones

COSTUME DESIGNER

Katrina Lindsay

COMPOSER & ARRANGER

Imogen Heap

LIGHTING DESIGNER

Neil Austin

SOUND DESIGNER

Gareth Fry

ILLUSIONS & MAGIC

Jamie Harrison

MUSIC SUPERVISOR & ARRANGER

Martin Lowe

CASTING DIRECTOR

Julia Horan CDG

PRODUCTION MANAGER

Gary Beestone

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER

Sam Hunter

ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR

Des Kennedy

ASSOCIATE MOVEMENT DIRECTOR

Neil Bettles

ASSOCIATE SET DESIGNER

Brett J. Banakis

ASSOCIATE SOUND DESIGNER

Pete Malkin

ILLUSIONS & MAGIC ASSOCIATE

Chris Fisher

CASTING ASSOCIATE

Lotte Hines

ASSISTANT LIGHTING DESIGNER

Adam King

COSTUME DESIGN SUPERVISOR

Sabine Lemaî tre

HAIR, WIGS & MAKE-UP

Carole Hancock

PROPS SUPERVISORS

Lisa Buckley, Mary Halliday

MUSIC EDITOR

Phij Adams

MUSIC PRODUCTION

Imogen Heap

SPECIAL EFFECTS

Jeremy Chernick

VIDEO DESIGN

Finn Ross, Ash Woodward

DIALECT COACH

Daniele Lydon

VOICE COACH

Richard Ryder

COMPANY STAGE MANAGER

Richard Clayton

STAGE MANAGER

Jordan Noble-Davies

DEPUTY STAGE MANAGER

Jenefer Tait

ASSISTANT STAGE MANAGERS

Oliver Bagwell Purefoy, Tom Gilding, Sally Inch, Ben Sherratt

RESIDENT DIRECTOR

Pip Minnithorpe

HEAD OF WARDROBE

Amy Gillot

DEPUTY HEAD OF WARDROBE

Laura Watkins

WARDROBE ASSISTANTS

Kate Anderson, Leanne Hired

DRESSERS

George Amielle, Melissa Cooke, Rosie Etheridge, John Ovenden, Emilee Swift

HEAD OF HAIR, WIGS & MAKE-UP

Nina Van Houten

DEPUTY HEAD OF HAIR, WIGS & MAKE-UP

Alice Townes

HAIR, WIGS & MAKE-UP ASSISTANTS

Charlotte Briscoe, Jacob Fessey, Cassie Murphie

HEAD OF SOUND

Chris Reid

DEPUTY HEAD OF SOUND

Rowena Edwards

SOUND NO. 3

Laura Caplin

SFX OPERATOR

Callum Donaldson

HEAD OF AUTOMATION

Josh Peters

DEPUTY HEAD OF AUTOMATION

Jamie Lawrence

AUTOMATION NO. 3

Jamie Robson

SHOW CHIEF LX

David Treanor

PERFORMER FLYING TECHNICIAN

Paul Gurney

CHAPERONES

David Russell, Eleanor Dowling

GENERAL MANAGEMENT

Sonia Friedman Productions

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

Diane Benjamin

EXECUTIVE PRODUCER

Pam Skinner

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER

Fiona Stewart

ASSISTANT PRODUCER

Ben Canning

GENERAL MANAGEMENT ASSISTANT

Max Bittleston

PRODUCTION ASSISTANT

Imogen Clare-Wood

MARKETING MANAGER

Laura Jane Elliott

REVENUE MANAGER

Mark Payn

ASSOCIATE PRODUCER (DEVELOPMENT)

Lucie Lovatt

DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANT

Lydia Rynne

LITERARY ASSOCIATE

Jack Bradley

OFFICE ASSISTANT

Jordan Eaton

HOUSE SEATS ASSISTANT

Vicky Ngoma

BIOGRAPHIES OF THE ORIGINAL STORY TEAM

J.K. ROWLING

is the author of the seven Harry Potter novels, which have sold over 450 million copies and have been translated into 79 languages, and three companion books originally published for charity. She is also the author of The Casual Vacancy, a novel for adults published in 2012, and, under the pseudonym of Robert Galbraith, is the author of the Cormoran Strike crime series. J.K. Rowling is making her screenwriting debut and is a producer on the film Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, a further extension of the wizarding world, due for release in November 2016.

JOHN TIFFANY

directed the stage adaptation of Once for which he was the recipient of multiple awards both in the West End and on Broadway. As Associate Director of the Royal Court, his work includes The Twits, Hope, and The Pass. He was the director of Let the Right One In for the National Theatre of Scotland, which transferred to the Royal Court, West End, and St. Ann’s Warehouse. His other work for the National Theatre of Scotland includes Macbeth (also Broadway), Enquirer, The Missing, Peter Pan, The House of Bernarda Alba, Transform Caithness: Hunter, Be Near Me, Nobody Will Ever Forgive Us, The Bacchae, Black Watch, for which he won the Olivier and Critics Circle Best Director Awards, Elizabeth Gordon Quinn, and Home: Glasgow. Other recent credits include The Glass Menagerie at American Repertory Theatre and on Broadway and The Ambassador at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Tiffany was Associate Director of the National Theatre of Scotland from 2005 to 2012, and was a Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University in the 2010–2011 academic year.

JACK THORNE

writes for theater, film, television, and radio. His theater credits include Hope and Let the Right One In, both directed by John Tiffany, The Solid Life of Sugar Water for the Graeae Theatre Company and the National Theatre, Bunny for the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, Stacy for the Trafalgar Studios, and 2nd May 1997 and When You Cure Me for the Bush. His adaptations include The Physicists for the Donmar Warehouse and Stuart: A Life Backwards for HighTide. On film his credits include War Book, A Long Way Down, and The Scouting Book for Boys. For television his credits include The Last Panthers, Don’t Take My Baby, This Is England, The Fades, Glue, Cast-Offs, and National Treasure. He won 2016 BAFTAs for Best Mini-Series (This Is England ’90) and Best Single Drama (Don’t Take My Baby), and in 2012 won Best Drama Series (The Fades) and Best Mini-Series (This Is England ’88).

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

All the actors from the Cursed Child workshops, Mel Kenyon, Rachel Taylor, Alexandria Horton, Imogen Clare-Wood, Florence Rees, Jenefer Tait, David Nock, Rachel Mason, Colin, Neil, Sonia, everyone at SFP and The Blair Partnership, Rebecca Salt from JKR PR, Nica Burns and all the staff at the Palace Theatre, and, of course, our incredible cast who helped shape every word.

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