Belinda

A spring weekend in a Devonshire country house becomes the perfect setting for A. A. Milne's sparkling comic play, where flirtation, family tensions, and social pretenses all collide with effortless wit. At the center is Belinda Tremayne, a lively, intelligent woman whose charm keeps suitors, relatives, and would-be authorities in delightful confusion. In the garden and drawing room alike, she toys with the earnest poet Claude Devenish, the self-important critic Harold Baxter, and a handsome stranger who calls himself Robinson, turning misunderstandings into a game of manners, desire, and performance. As Belinda is drawn into a mock-heroic "quest" to find Delia Robinson's missing father, the play balances romantic comedy with pointed observations about vanity, age, and the rituals of polite society. Milne's three-act comedy offers elegant dialogue, gentle irony, and a breezy but sharp look at how love and family can become gloriously tangled. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.