Jamaica Inn room where the author Maurier lived of various items owned by her including her writing desk and typewriter. Jamaica Inn Jamaica Inn is a traditional inn on Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, United Kingdom. Built as a coaching inn in 1750, and having an association with smuggling, it was the setting for Daphne du Maurier's 1936 novel "Jamaica Inn", which was made into the film "Jamaica Inn" in 1939 by Alfred Hitchcock. Located just off the A30, near the middle of the moor close to the hamlet of Bolventor, it was used as a staging post for changing horses. As well
Opera North: history and repertoire, seasons 1981–82 to 1989–90 Opera North: history and repertoire, seasons 1981–82 to 1989–90 Opera North is an opera company based at the Grand Theatre, Leeds. This article covers the period between the severing of its ties with English National Opera and the departure of its founding music director David Lloyd-Jones. During this period, the newly independent company gave the world premiere of Wilfred Josephs's opera "Rebecca", based on the novel by Daphne du Maurier and the Alfred Hitchcock film, as well as the British premieres of Ernst Krenek's "Jonny spielt auf", Richard Strauss's "Daphne" and Verdi's "Jérusalem", and the British professional premiere of Carl