Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

ACT ONE, SCENE TWELVE
MINISTRY OF MAGIC, GRAND MEETING ROOM
The stage is flooded with wizards and witches. They rattle and chatter like all true wizards and
witches can. Amongst them, GINNY, DRACO, and RON. Above them, on a stage, HERMIONE and
HARRY.
HERMIONE: Order. Order. Do I have to conjure silence? (She pulls silence from the crowd using
her wand.) Good. Welcome to this Extraordinary General Meeting. I’m so pleased so many of
you could make it. The wizarding world has been living in peace now for many years. It’s
twenty-two years since we defeated Voldemort at the Battle of Hogwarts, and I’m delighted to
say there is a new generation being brought up having known only the slightest conflict. Until
now. Harry?
HARRY: Voldemort’s allies have been showing movement for a few months now. We’ve followed
trolls making their way across Europe, giants starting to cross the seas, and the werewolves —
well, I’m distressed to say we lost sight of them some weeks ago. We don’t know where
they’re going or who’s encouraged them to move — but we are aware they are moving — and
we are concerned what it might mean. So we’re asking — if anyone has seen anything? Felt
anything? If you could raise a wand, we will hear everyone speak. Professor McGonagall —
thank you.
PROFESSOR McGONAGALL: It did look like the potions stores had been interfered with when we
returned from summer break, but not a huge amount of ingredients were missing, some
Boomslang skin and lacewing flies, nothing on the Restricted Register. We put it down to
Peeves.
HERMIONE: Thank you, Professor. We shall investigate. (She looks around the room.) Nobody
else? Fine, and — gravest of all — and this hasn’t been the case since Voldemort — Harry’s