T he Players Come Again is about women finding their voice and having the confidence to speak. It is also about escaping from the traditional concerns of feminine existence. It is about aging. As Virginia Woolf, from whom the title of this work is borrowed, noted in her diary she "found out how to begin (at forty) to say something in my own voice; & that interests me so that I feel I can go ahead without praise." This book also deals with women maturing. In some respects, it is a rite-of-passage book for the different female characters. Because of the way in which the book is plotted, the reader has the opportunity to see each of the female characters at different stages in their lives. The triumvirate of Dorinda, Anne, and Nellie are seen as.....
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