Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

ACT THREE, SCENE EIGHT
EDGE OF THE FORBIDDEN FOREST, 1994
And we watch our scene from Part One replayed, but at the back of the stage rather than the
front. We pick out ALBUS and SCORPIUS in their Durmstrang robes. And through it all we hear the
“brilliant” (his words again, his words) LUDO BAGMAN.
SCORPIUS, HERMIONE, RON, and SNAPE watch on anxiously.
LUDO BAGMAN: And Cedric Diggory has entered the stage. And he seems ready. Scared but ready.
He dodges this way. He dodges that. The girls swoon as he dives for cover. They cry as one:
Don’t damage our Diggory, Mr. Dragon! And Cedric skirts left and he dives right — and he
readies his wand —
SNAPE: This is taking too long. The Time-Turner is spinning.
LUDO BAGMAN: What has this young, brave, handsome man got up his sleevies now?
As ALBUS attempts to summon CEDRIC’s wand, HERMIONE blocks his spell. He looks at his
wand — disconsolate, unsure why it hasn’t worked.
And then the Time-Turner spins and they look at it and panic as they’re pulled into it.
A dog — he’s transfigured a stone into a dog — dog diggity, Cedric Diggory — you are a
doggy dynamo.