Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
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Part 1, Act 1, Scene 1 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 2 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 3 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 4 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 5 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 6 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 7 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 8 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 9 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 10 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 11 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 12 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 13 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 14 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 15 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 16 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 17 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 18 Part 1, Act 1, Scene 19 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 1 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 2 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 3 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 4 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 5 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 6 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 7 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 8 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 9 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 10 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 11 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 12 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 13 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 14 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 15 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 16 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 17 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 18 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 19 Part 1, Act 2, Scene 20 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 1 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 2 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 3 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 4 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 5 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 6 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 7 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 8 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 9 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 10 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 11 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 12 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 13 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 14 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 15 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 16 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 17 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 18 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 19 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 20 Part 2, Act 3, Scene 21 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 1 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 2 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 3 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 4 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 5 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 6 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 7 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 8 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 9 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 10 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 11 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 12 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 13 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 14 Part 2, Act 4, Scene 15
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All Terms Death Eater Durmstrang Dementors Parseltongue Squib The Triwizard Tournament
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Harry Potter and the Cursed Child

by

J. K. Rowling, Jack Thorne, and John Tiffany

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child Characters

Albus Severus Potter

Albus is Harry Potter’s middle child and the protagonist of the play. Albus is named for Albus Dumbledore and Severus Snape. As Dumbledore’s portrait points out later in the play, giving Albus the… read analysis of Albus Severus Potter

Harry Potter

Harry Potter is one of the protagonists of the play and the protagonist of the original Harry Potter series. In Cursed Child, Harry struggles with being a father to Albus, his second son… read analysis of Harry Potter

Scorpius Malfoy

Scorpius is Albus’s best friend and Draco and Astoria’s son. Scorpius is kind and a bit awkward, and he arrives at Hogwarts already as an outsider—both because Draco was a Death Eater and… read analysis of Scorpius Malfoy

Delphi Diggory

Delphi introduces herself as Amos’s niece and caretaker at St. Oswald’s Home for Old Witches and Wizards. When Albus comes up with the plan to try to save her cousin Cedric, Delphi helps… read analysis of Delphi Diggory

Draco Malfoy

Draco is Scorpius’s father and Harry’s former rival at school. Towards the beginning of the play, Draco is struggling with his wife Astoria’s recent death and his reputation as a former Death… read analysis of Draco Malfoy
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Voldemort

Voldemort is a dark wizard and the main antagonist of the original Harry Potter series. Harry kills him in the final book. In the play, Harry worries that Voldemort might be returning, and he’s right… read analysis of Voldemort

Ginny Weasley

Ginny is Harry’s wife, Albus’s mother, and Ron’s younger sister. Ginny edits the sports section of the Daily Prophet, the wizarding world’s primary newspaper. Ginny is also a loving mother and… read analysis of Ginny Weasley

Hermione Granger

Hermione Granger is one of Harry’s best friends and the Minister for Magic. Hermione is also Ron’s wife and Rose’s mother in the primary timeline in the play. In other timelines, she… read analysis of Hermione Granger

Severus Snape

Severus Snape is Harry’s former potions teacher, who dies at Voldemort’s hand in the original Harry Potter series. In the play, when Scorpius and Albus create an alternate timeline in which Voldemort wins… read analysis of Severus Snape

Cedric Diggory

Cedric Diggory is Harry’s peer at Hogwarts who was killed by Voldemort after the final task of the Triwizard Tournament. Hearing that the Ministry has a Time-Turner, Cedric’s father Amos begs Harry… read analysis of Cedric Diggory

Albus Dumbledore

Albus Dumbledore is the former Hogwarts Headmaster and a father figure to Harry. He appears in the play via his portrait, though McGonagall reminds Harry that portraits don’t represent a person in their entirety—they… read analysis of Albus Dumbledore

Ron Weasley

Ron Weasley is one of Harry’s best friends. In the primary timeline in the play, Ron manages a joke shop, is married to Hermione, and has a daughter named Rose with her. However… read analysis of Ron Weasley

Rose Granger-Weasley

Rose Granger-Weasley is Ron and Hermione’s daughter. She is headstrong, good at school and Quidditch, and often participates in bullying Albus and Scorpius. After Scorpius and Albus return from trying to change the… read analysis of Rose Granger-Weasley

Amos Diggory

Amos Diggory is Cedric’s father. Amos is haunted by his son Cedric’s death many years ago and begs Harry to help him save Cedric by using a Time-Turner to prevent his death at the… read analysis of Amos Diggory

Astoria Malfoy

Astoria Malfoy is Draco’s wife and Scorpius’s mother. She dies of a “blood malediction” between Scorpius’s second and third year at school. Draco describes how he married Astoria despite his father’s disapproval of… read analysis of Astoria Malfoy

James Potter (Harry’s Son)

James Potter is Harry’s son and Albus’s older brother (named for Harry’s father). James is sorted into Gryffindor and Albus often feels that Harry likes his brother much more because everything comes easy… read analysis of James Potter (Harry’s Son)

James Potter (Harry’s Father)

James Potter is Harry’s father. He bravely tries to defend Harry and his wife Lily from Voldemort’s attack, though Voldemort kills him. Harry names his son James after his father, but he often… read analysis of James Potter (Harry’s Father)
Minor Characters
Craig Bowker Jr.
Craig Bowker Jr. is a student in Slytherin whom Delphi murders unnecessarily when she is searching for Albus and Scorpius. Albus feels a deep sense of guilt for inadvertently leading to Craig’s death, creating a parallel between Craig and Cedric Diggory.
Hagrid
Hagrid is a half-giant who is the groundskeeper at Hogwarts. Hagrid appears in several of Harry’s dreams and memories, as the man who first told Harry he was a wizard and as the person who rescued Harry from his destroyed home when Harry was a baby.
Panju
Panju is Ron and Padma’s son in the alternate timeline in which Ron and Hermione do not marry. Panju also comments that Albus couldn’t get into Gryffindor if his life depended on it, making Albus choose to be in Gryffindor out of spite.
Dolores Umbridge
Dolores Umbridge is the headmaster of Hogwarts in the alternate timeline in which Voldemort lives and Harry dies. She is cruel and suspicious of Scorpius when he starts asking questions about the Battle of Hogwarts.
Lily Potter (Harry’s Daughter)
Lily Potter is Harry and Ginny’s youngest child. She is sorted into Gryffindor, which frustrates Albus who feels like an outcast in Slytherin. Harry often laments that he feels he understands his other children more than he understands Albus.
Viktor Krum
Viktor Krum is one of the four champions who competed in the Triwizard Tournament in 1994-1995 alongside Harry, Cedric, and Fleur Delacour. He is a student from Durmstrang who attended the Yule Ball with Hermione.
Bane
Bane is a centaur who lives in the Forbidden Forest. Centaurs have some divination skills, and so he tells Harry that he foresees a black cloud around Albus and that Harry may lose his son forever.
Lily Potter (Harry’s Mother)
Lily Potter is Harry’s mother. She sacrifices herself for Harry when Voldemort arrives to kill him, giving Harry powerful protection against Voldemort’s killing curse.
Aunt Petunia
Aunt Petunia is Harry’s aunt, and his mother Lily’s sister. Harry has many dreams recalling his childhood, in which Petunia was very cruel to him.
Uncle Vernon
Uncle Vernon is Harry’s uncle and Petunia’s husband. Harry grows up with Vernon and Petunia, who treat him very cruelly following his parents’ death.
Padma Patil
Padma Patil is Ron’s wife in the alternate timeline in which Ron and Hermione do not marry. She and Ron have a son, Panju, together.
Moaning Myrtle
Moaning Myrtle is a ghost in the girl’s bathroom on the first floor who helps Albus and Scorpius escape the castle through the pipes.
Professor McGonagall
Professor McGonagall is the current headmaster at Hogwarts. She helps Harry and Draco keep an eye on their sons.
Ludo Bagman
Ludo Bagman is the announcer at the Triwizard Tournament in 1994-1995.
Dudley Dursley
Dudley is Vernon and Petunia’s son and Harry’s cousin.
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