Mr. Pim Passes By by Milne, A. A. (Alan Alexander), 1882-1956

Curtis A. Weyant, Stan Goodman, Charles Franks, and the Distributed Proofreading Team

MR. PIM PASSES BY

A Comedy in Three Acts

by

A. A. Milne

CHARACTERS The Original Cast at the Gaiety Theatre, Manchester

George Marden, J.P. . . . . . . . . . _Mr. Ben Webster._ Olivia (his Wife) . . . . . . . . . . _Miss Irene Vanbrugh._ Dinah (his Niece) . . . . . . . . . . _Miss Georgette Cohan._ Lady Marden (his Aunt) . . . . . . . . _Miss Sybil Carlisle._ Brian Strange . . . . . . . . . . _Mr. Philip Easton._ Carraway Pin . . . . . . . . . . _Mr. Dion Boucicault._ Anne . . . . . . . . . . _Miss Ethel Wellesley._

The action takes place in the morning-room at Marden House, Buckinghamshire, on a day in July.

THE ORIGINAL LONDON CAST AT THE NEW THEATRE

George Marden, J.P. . . . . . . . . . _Mr. Ben Webster._ Olivia (his Wife) . . . . . . . . . . _Miss Irene Vanbrugh._ Dinah (his Niece) . . . . . . . . . . _Miss Georgette Cohan._ Lady Marden (his Aunt) . . . . . . . . _Miss Ethel Griffes._ Brian Strange . . . . . . . . . . _Mr. Leslie Howard._ Carraway Pin . . . . . . . . . . _Mr. Dion Boucicault._ Anne . . . . . . . . . . _Miss Ethel Wellesley._

MR. PIM PASSES BY

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._

_There are three ways of coming into the room: by the open windows leading from the garden, by the doors to R., or by the staircase from up_ R, MR. PIM _chooses the latter way--or rather_ ANNE _chooses it for him; and_ MR. PIM _kindly and inoffensively follows her. She comes down steps and crosses to_ C., _followed by_ MR. PIM.