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"Harry Potter and the Cursed Child" by J.K. Rowling, John Tiffany and Jack Thorne, Act One

Thu Aug 25 11:03:01 EDT 2016
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Harry Potter now has children of his own, but when his son Albus begins school at Hogwarts, it seems that the past is returning to haunt them both.

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laden
Amongst the hustle and bustle, two large cages rattle on top of two laden trolleys.
progeny
And which is also busy—but instead of people in sharp suits going about their day—it’s now wizards and witches in robes mostly trying to work out how to say good-bye to their beloved progeny.
resonate
This is something he’s never said before, it resonates around his head a moment.
affront
ROSE: That’s putting it mildly. Your mum and dad are Death Eaters!
SCORPIUS (affronted): Dad was—but Mum wasn’t.
rubbish
It’s probably rubbish. I mean...look, you’ve got a nose.
profound
There’s a silence.
A perfect, profound silence.
discombobulated
ALBUS (thoroughly discombobulated): Right. Yes.
shirk
Come on, now, I’ve no time for shirkers. Say “UP.” “UP” like you mean it.
mercilessly
We’re back on platform nine and three-quarters and time has ticked on mercilessly.
proffer
The OVER-ATTENTIVE WIZARD proffers something for HARRY to sign—he signs it.
dither
Slythering Slytherin, stop with your dithering, time to get onto the train.
relentless
The other Hogwarts students tease Scorpius about it relentlessly—if the Ministry could release a statement reaffirming that all Time-Turners were destroyed in the Battle of the Department of Mysteries...
partial
And I’m pleased to announce Gryffindor’s newest member of the Quidditch team—our—(she realizes she can’t be partial) your superb new Chaser—Rose Granger-Weasley.
irrelevance
Albus Potter. An irrelevance. Even portraits turn the other way when he comes up the stairs.
sallow
And with that, time moves ever onwards—ALBUS’s eyes become darker, his face grows more sallow.
surly
Al—Albus, I’ve been exchanging owls with Professor McGonagall—she says you’re isolating yourself—you’re uncooperative in lessons—you’re surly—you’re—
transfigure
Transfigure myself into a better student? Just cast a spell, Dad, and change me into what you want me to be, okay?
alluring
HARRY reveals the Time-Turner. It shines out alluringly.
prevail
I wanted to try it out there and then but wiser heads prevailed.
implication
HARRY hears the implication in her emphasis, he nods.
rueful
ALBUS (rueful grin): Albus.
behalf
The poor orphan who went on to save us all. So may I say—on behalf of wizarding kind—how grateful we are for your heroism.
draught
Do you want a Sleeping Draught?
viaduct
As I calculate it we should be approaching the viaduct soon and then it’ll be a short hike to St. Oswald’s Home for Old Witches and Wizards.
nonchalantly
SCORPIUS points ALBUS in the right direction, and now he can see the TROLLEY WITCH, who approaches nonchalantly, pushing her trolley.
crony
Never—never—have I let anyone off this train before they reached their destination. Some have tried—Sirius Black and his cronies, Fred and George Weasley. ALL HAVE FAILED.
impression
And how better to get everyone whispering the Potter name again than with (he does an impression of HARRY) “my scar is hurting, my scar is hurting.”
sham
Well, I, for one, think this meeting a sham. And I’m leaving.
ominously
He raises his wand ominously.
allegation
My owl came back with a letter containing one simple sentence: “Tell your husband to refute these allegations about my son once and for all.”
residue
There is a—slight—(She burps again, she turns into HERMIONE.) Slight—overpowering—fishy residue.
cretin
The sort of cretins pursuing Dark Magic now...
instill
And Scorpius is a follower, not a leader, despite everything I’ve tried to instill in him.
kerfuffle
There’s a small kerfuffle and then ALBUS/RON ends up standing outside the door as HERMIONE and HARRY enter from off.
puckish
It’s why you married me, isn’t it? My puckish sense of fun.
necromancy
Shadows and Spirits. The Nightshade Guide to Necromancy.
divination
My Eyes and How to See Past Them by Sybill Trelawney. A book on Divination. Hermione Granger hates Divination.
grubby
The second is the less fair of those that walk on two legs.
Grubby, hairy, a disease of the egg.
elude
The books reach out and grab ALBUS. He only just eludes their grasp.
effusive
DELPHI/HERMIONE (effusively): Men! De-men...tors. We need to find a book on dementors.

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