Play of the Week: The White Carnation<br />First broadcast: Sun 16th Dec 1990, 01:00 on BBC World Service<br />By R. C. Sherriff.<br />Starring Philip Voss.<br />BBC World Service Drama production, directed by David Hitchinson.<br /><br />“There have been strange rumours about this house. Although it was in a state of ruin, lights were seen in the windows every Christmas Eve: music was heard: voices and laughter...”<br /><br />R. C. Sherriff's supernatural drama.<br /><br />Christmas Eve, 1951. As Britain rebuilds itself after the war, John Greenwood has it all – a successful business, a beautiful house and an aristocratic wife. But as he bids farewell to the guests leaving his annual Christmas party, a gust of wind slams the front door shut, starting a chain of events that makes him doubt everything he has ever known...<br /><br />From the writer of one of the 20th century's most acclaimed plays, Journey’s End, The White Carnation is a ghostly tale of one man’s chance to do things differently.<br /><br />Do you enjoy the variety on Oldtuberadio?<br />Like, Share and Subscribe to be notified of our new shows<br /><br />If you would like to buy me a coffee<br />https://ko-fi.com/oldtuberadio98<br />Or Direct via<br />https://paypal.me/oldtuberadio<br />Thank you<br />and<br />Please don't forget to subscribe<br />Thank You
