Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

ACT ONE, SCENE SIX
HARRY AND GINNY POTTER’S HOUSE
ALBUS can’t sleep. He is sitting at the top of the stairs. He hears voices below him. We hear
HARRY’s voice before he’s revealed. An elderly man in a wheelchair is with him, AMOS DIGGORY.
HARRY: Amos, I understand, I really do — but I’m only just home and —
AMOS: I’ve tried to make appointments at the Ministry. They say, “Ah, Mr. Diggory, we have an
appointment for you, let’s see, in two months.” I wait. Very patiently.
HARRY: —and coming to my house in the middle of the night — when my kids are just getting
ready for their new year at school — it’s not right.
AMOS: Two months pass, I receive an owl, “Mr. Diggory, I’m awfully sorry, but Mr. Potter has
been called away on urgent business, we’re going to have to shift things around a little, are
you available for an appointment in, let’s see, in two months’ time.” And then it repeats again,
and again . . . You’re shutting me out.
HARRY: Of course I’m not. It’s just, I’m afraid, as Head of the Department of Magical Law
Enforcement I’m responsible —
AMOS: There’s plenty you’re responsible for.
HARRY: Sorry?
AMOS: My son, Cedric, you do remember Cedric, don’t you?
HARRY (remembering Cedric hurts him): Yes, I remember your son. His loss —