First Plays

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Milne's early theatrical work — written before the Winnie-the-Pooh books but after his successful career as a journalist and essayist — shows his characteristic light touch with comic construction and his sympathy for characters who find social convention slightly absurd. These first plays established his reputation as a professional playwright of the smart commercial tradition and demonstrate the formal facility that would later, in Mr. Pim Passes By, produce his most lasting theatrical success.