Mr. Pim Passes By: A Comedy in Three Acts
by A. A. Milne (1882–1956)
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"Mr. Pim Passes By: A Comedy in Three Acts" by A. A. Milne is a three-act comedy first produced in 1919. When the absent-minded Mr. Pim visits a respectable English household, his faulty memory drops a bombshell: the wife's first husband, believed dead in Australia, may still be alive. This revelation threatens to unravel the couple's marriage and expose them as unwitting bigamists. As legal propriety clashes with genuine affection, the household must navigate questions of duty, love, and what truly makes a marriage valid.
- English drama · 20th century
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Act I
The morning-room at Marden House (Buckinghamshire) decided more than a hundred years ago that it was all right, and has not bothered about itself since. Visitors to the house have called the result such different adjectives as "mellow," "old-fashioned," "charming"—even "baronial" and "antique;" but nobody ever said it was "exciting." Sometimes OLIVIA wants it to be more exciting, and last week she rather let herself go over some new curtains; she still has the rings to put on. It is obvious that the curtains alone will overdo the excitement; they will have to be harmonized with a new carpet and cushions. OLIVIA has her eye on just the things, but one has to go carefully with GEORGE. What was good enough, for his great-great-grandfather is good enough for him. However, we can trust OLIVIA to see him through it, although it may take time.
A scene plot is given at the end of the play.
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This free edition of Mr. Pim Passes By: A Comedy in Three Acts by A. A. Milne comes from Project Gutenberg eBook #7310, released 2005-01-01. It is in the public domain in the United States, so you can read it here in full at no cost, on any phone, tablet or computer. Genre: Humour, Plays/Films/Dramas, British Literature.
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