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Sylvia Plath Video & Picture Post: Court Green

A month ago I was in England and took this video of the churchyard of St. Peter's in North Tawton and of Court Green. I apologize for the awful video quality; the settings on my camera were not set very high unfortunately.

As the video progresses, I walk towards the "wall of old corpses" ("Letter in November") -- (also known as "a row of headstones" ("The Moon and the Yew Tree") -- and get a shot of Court Green, with daffodils abloom.

And here are two photographs of Court Green, taken with appropriate camera settings...


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  1. P.H.Davies20 April, 2013 09:48

    Amazing pictures Peter - love the video too. I wonder if you should do another version with Plath reading her poetry?

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  2. Julia Gordon-Bramer20 April, 2013 09:58

    Wonderful! You covered some real ground in a short time, between Devon, London and Heptonstall. I have still not made it back to Devon (went when I was a kid, pre-Plathing).

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  3. Jessica McCort20 April, 2013 11:12

    Thank you Peter. How melancholy and lovely. Hope you are well:)!! Jess

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  4. suki21 April, 2013 00:26

    Daffodils just in there. - lovely

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  5. BridgetAnna21 April, 2013 09:44

    Great video, Peter! Thanks for sharing. Court Green sure is a lovely home.

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  6. Anonymous23 April, 2013 10:37

    Perfectly lovely. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and artifacts with us, your fans!

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  7. Right Mind Matters01 May, 2013 14:44

    Love the video, along with the church bell ringing, as well as the still shots. The bell toll reminds me of Einhorn's score, Voices of Light, that he did as background for The Passion of Joan. He actually went to Joan of Arc's local church to record the sound as part of the piece. We know the effect of that film on Plath from Alexander's book.

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  8. Richard28 November, 2021 22:38

    Many thanks for all this visual detail on Court Green ... I have a commentary on 'The Moon and the Yew Tree' on my poetry site with a link to your Post ... all the best, Richard - https://mywordinyourear.com/2021/11/29/the-moon-and-the-yew-tree-sylvia-path-comments/

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