Between The Acts

Between the Acts by Virginia Woolf is set on a variable early summer’s day at Pointz Hall, a country house in rural England, where the local community prepares for the evening’s annual pageant. The story brings together a diverse cast, including the house owner Mr. Oliver, the flirtatious Mrs. Manresa and her friend William Dodge, the troubled couple Giles and Isa, and the eccentric spinster Miss La Trobe, author of the ambitious pageant exploring England’s past and literature. Woolf’s final novel is highly symbolic, examining themes central to her work such as the individual’s place in history, sexual ambiguity, and the interplay between life and art, offering a glimpse into the literary directions her fiction might have pursued.