North of Boston - Good Hours - Robert Frost
Channel: New Media Arts Inc
Date: 2023-11-03

ROBERT FROST

From a hired hand who finally comes home, to a man who will never walk the New England woods again for his beloved native orchids, Robert Frost paints his metaphors into the lives of country people in a rich and formidable land.

These 17 pieces are from Robert Frost’s modernist masterpiece, “North of Boston” first published in 1914. 

17 Good Hours
Voice: Iain McCracken
Directed by Judith Adele and Bob Shurley
Image and SFX editing: Judith Adele
Voice, sound and video editing: Bob Shurley

A production of Avatar Repertory Theater: www.avatarrepertorytheater.org

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IMAGE & SFX SOURCES: 
Edward Willis Redfield, "The Day Before Christmas" 1919, Wikimedia Commons
www.freesound.org: 347850__inspectorj__footsteps-dry-leaves-g


TEXT (Project Gutenberg edition)
Good Hours

   I had for my winter evening walk--
   No one at all with whom to talk,
   But I had the cottages in a row
   Up to their shining eyes in snow.
   And I thought I had the folk within:
   I had the sound of a violin;
   I had a glimpse through curtain laces
   Of youthful forms and youthful faces.
   I had such company outward bound.
   I went till there were no cottages found.
   I turned and repented, but coming back
   I saw no window but that was black.
   Over the snow my creaking feet
   Disturbed the slumbering village street
   Like profanation, by your leave,
   At ten o'clock of a winter eve.