Devon drama
With its long sandy beaches, yawning valleys and rugged, towering cliffs, the landscape of North Devon’s Hartland Peninsula is alive with drama. Little wonder that the area has starred in film productions for many years, the latest of which is Daphne du Maurier’s haunting gothictale Rebecca,duetoscreenonNetflix this autumn.
“ An awe-inspiring coastline of deserted beaches and mighty granite cliffs”
Du Maurier’s novel is set in the dark and foreboding Cornish estate of Manderley, where young Mrs de Winter is tormented by reminders of her new husband’s late wife, the eponymous Rebecca. It was famously adapted for film in 1940 by Alfred Hitchcock and starred Laurence Olivier and Joan
