The White Carnation

Summary: 1956 Associated-Rediffusion production for ITV of The White Carnation by R. C. Sherriff.
Theatre play: The White Carnation by R. C. Sherriff (1896-1975) [more information]
Play synopsis: 'John Greenwood says goodbye to the guests from he and his wife’s Christmas Eve, but a gust of wind shuts the front door and leaves him locked out of his own house. He breaks a window to gain entry and finds the house ruined and deserted. A policeman questions him what he is doing in the house, all of whose inhabitants were killed by a V-1 flying bomb during a Christmas Eve party in 1944, but Greenwood indignantly insists that he is in his own house. A coroner and doctor are summoned and inform Greenwood that he was one of the inhabitants killed and that he has returned to the house as a ghost - and that is now 1951.' Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Carnation.
Production history: Dated to 1953.
Date of transmission: Wednesday 19 December 1956
Time: 8.00-9.30pm
Series: Play of the Week
Channel: ITV
Production company: Associated-Rediffusion (1955-1964)

Director

Cyril Coke

Playwright

R. C. Sherriff (1896-1975)

Sets / Settings

Fred Pusey

Cast

Extant status: No archival copy is known to exist.
Play tags: Second World War, as theme or setting; supernatural; wartime, as theme or setting

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