Mr. Pim Passes By at Taproot Theatre Company

Jewell Auditorium:

A.A. Milne.

Authors

• A. A. Milne

Written five years before Milne's iconic Winnie-the-Pooh series, and staged to great acclaim in London (1920) and New York (1921) - where it was praised as "the most brilliant light comedy since Oscar Wilde"­ - Mr. Pim Passes By is set in the formal manor house of a Buckinghamshire country estate shortly after World War I (think Downton Abbey). During a visit to Marden House, out-of-towner Mr. Pim's casual revelations about a chance meeting throw the ordered lives of his host and hostess into complete disarray.

Embraced for its witty dialogue and high-spirited - and often high-minded - characters (think Noel Coward), Mr. Pim Passes By also weaves a thread of social commentary throughout its comedic dilemma by prompting a question worthy of George Bernard Shaw: Do rules of convention outweigh matters of the heart?