Harry Potter and the Sword of Gryffindor

1. Harry Potter: ………………….. 6. Crabbe: …………………..

2. Hermione: ………………….. 7. Goyle: …………………..
3. Ron: ………………….. 8. Bank guard*: ………………………
4. Dumbledore*: ………………….. 9. Professor Duracell (a robot controlled by
5. Draco: ………………….. Voldermort): …………………..

*Small parts, can be done by the same person

Scene 1 in Hogwarts school

Harry: Hello everyone, my name is Harry Potter.
Hermione: Hello, my name is Hermione.
Ron: Hello everyone, my name is Ron.
Harry, Hermione, Ron: Welcome to Hogwarts School of wizards and witches.
Enter Draco, Crabbe and Goyle.
Draco: Hello everyone, my name is Draco.
Crabbe: Hello everyone, my name is Crabbe.
Goyle: Hello, my name is Goyle.
Enter Dumbledore, holding the Sword of Gryffindor hidden under a cloth.
Dumbledore: Hello everyone, welcome to Hogwarts. Did you have a good holiday?
Everyone: Yes, we did. What’s that? (pointing to what Dumbledore is holding)
Dumbledore: Nothing, nothing (hiding it behind his back). This is your new teacher, Professor Duracell.
Professor Duracell: Hello everyone, my name is Professor Duracell. We are going to …
Professor Duracell suddenly freezes. Everyone stares at him.
Dumbledore: Er….. Professor.
He suddenly moves.
Professor Duracell: Oh, sorry, yes, we are going to have fun this year.
Dumbledore: Excellent. Today is the first Quiddich match. Gryffindor against Slytherin.
Harry, Hermione, Ron: Hooray, we are going to win.
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: What! We are going to win!
Harry, Hermione, Ron: We are the best!
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: What! We are the best!
Song: Harry and friends: We fly through the sky
We fly through the grass
We fly up high
We fly very fast
Draco and friends: We are best
of them all
We are going
To get the ball
Harry and friends: Gryffindor, Gryffindor, who could ask for more.
Draco and friends: Slytherin, Slytherin, we will always win.
Harry and friends: Gryffindor, Gryffindor, who could ask for more
Draco and friends: Slytherin, Slytherin, (everyone) we ….. will …… always …. Wiiiiin!

The two teams take their broomsticks and line up facing each other.
Dumbledore: Let the Quiddich match begin!
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They fly around the stage passing a ball to each other. Professor Duracell casts a spell and Harry crashes. Draco, Crabbe,
Goyle, Dumbledore, Ron, Hermione crowd round Harry. Professor Duracell stays back. He is going to try to steal the sword
which Dumbledore has left on a table.

Hermione, Ron: Are you Ok Harry?

Professor Duracell tiptoes over the sword. He is about to grab it when Dumbledore calls out.
Dumbledore: Professor Duracell!
Professor Duracell: Er…yes?
Dumbledore: Can you get the school nurse?
Professor Duracell: Ok.
Dumbledore and Professor Duracell exit. Draco, Crabbe, Goyle hide in the corner and eavesdrop on Harry.
Harry: What has Dumbledore got?
Ron: I don’t know.
Hermione: I think Professor Duracell wants it.
Ron: We have to get it first.
Draco: Ha, ha, ha. I bet we can get it before you!
Crabbe, Goyle: Yes, we are going to get it before you!
Draco: Let’s go.
Exit everyone

Scene 2 in Dumbledore’s office

Enter Professor Duracell from one side, looking around for the sword, which is on a table.
Professor Duracell: Where is it? Where is it?
Enter Draco and friends form the other side, looking around for the sword.
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: Where is it, where is it?
They enter walking backwards and bump into each other in the middle of the stage
Everyone: Ahhhhhh!
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: What are you doing?
Professor Duracell: I am looking for …. this! (he uncovers the sword).
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: What is it?
Professor Duracell: This is the Sword of Gryffindor.
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: The Sword of Gryffindor!
Professor Duracell: Yes, this is the sword of Gryffindor. It is very powerful.
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: Ha, ha, ha Harry Potter can’t stop us!
Enter harry and friends.
Harry: Yes, I can!
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: Harry Potter!
There is a big fight with magic wands.
Professor Duracell: Alikazam! (Harry and friends all fall over)
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: What are we going to do with the Sword of Griffindor
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Professor Duracell: We are going to rob Gringot’s!
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: Gringot’s? What is Gringot’s?
Professor Duracell: Gringot’s is The Wizards’ Bank. Let’s go.
They exit then Harry and friends get up
Harry: Oh no, we have to stop them. Come on
Exit everyone.

Scene 3 in Gringot’s bank

Enter Draco, Crabbe, Goyle and Professor Duracell.
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: Where are we?
Professor Duracell: This is Gringot’s bank. There is a lot of money here.
Bank guard: Welcome to Gringot’s. Password please.
Draco: What is the password?
Crabbe, Goyle: I don’t know. Er… sausages!
Bank guard: Incorrect! You cannot come in!
Professor Duracell: Alikazam!
The bank guard freezes. They open the vault
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: Wow! Gold, silver, diamonds! We are rich!
Professor Duracell leaves the sword on the floor and they put things in bags, Harry and friends enter.
Harry: Can you see them?
Ron: No, I can’t. Can you see them?
Hermione: No, I can’t.
Ron: Look, the sword.
They tiptoe over to it and try to grab it, Draco turns round, forcing them to hide. Repeat 2 or 3 times. Draco and
friends can sing: Rich, rich, we gonna be rich
Rich, rich, we gonna be rich
We’re going to have
Lots of money
Lots and lots of lovely money
(repeat)
Harry grabs the sword but Draco, Crabbe, Goyle and Professor Duracell turn round and see.
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: Harry Potter!
There is a fight. Harry knocks over Draco, Crabbe and Goyle.
Professor Duracell: You can’t stop me.
Hermione: This spell can stop any human! Humanus Stoppus!
Professor Duracell: Ha, ha, ha, you can’t stop me!
Hermione: I don’t understand.
Professor Duracell: I am not human!
Harry, Hermione, Ron: What!
Professor Duracell: I am…. A robot!

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Harry, Hermione, Ron: A robot!
Professor Duracell: Yes, I am a robot. Voldermort made me. Nothing can stop me.
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle get up. Professor Duracell walks slowly towards Harry but drops his remote control.
Ron: Look, what’s that?
Harry: It’s a remote control.
Harry pick it up and aims it at Professor Duracell.
Harry: Stop!
Professor Duracell stops.
Ron: Jump up and down
Professor Duracell jumps up and down
Hermione: Dance!
Professor Duracell
Harry: Get Draco, Crabbe and Goyle.
Professor Duracell catches Draco, Crabbe and Goyle.
Draco, Crabbe, Goyle: Oh no!
Bank guard: What is happening!
Hermione, Harry: Professor Duracell is a robot.
Ron: He stole the sword of Gryffindor to rob the bank.
Bank guard: Well done children! You saved Gringot’s!
Everyone: Let’s have a party! The end.

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