🎭 The Dark Windows of a Room

Описание: A Saturday Night Theatre Crime Drama

📜 “Where there is an excess of confidence, there is usually an absence of truth.” — G.K. Chesterton

🖋 A Chestertonian Introduction
There are some crimes that begin in the alleyway, and others that begin in the courtroom. The former may stain the hands; the latter stain the soul. In The Dark Windows of a Room, we are invited not merely to ask who committed the crime, but whether a man can truly escape the shadow cast upon him by suspicion itself.

Here is a tale not of innocence regained easily, but of honor clawed back inch by inch through darkness—where the law is no longer a lamp, but a shuttered window.

🎧 Synopsis / Description
The Dark Windows of a Room is a hard-edged BBC Radio crime drama written by William Keenan, first broadcast on BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Night Theatre in 1975.

Set in the bleak urban landscape of 1970s Manchester, the play follows Chief Inspector John Rouke, recently acquitted of corruption charges. Though cleared by the courts, Rouke finds himself condemned by rumor, mistrust, and the quiet judgment of his own profession.

Determined to reclaim his name, Rouke launches a relentless investigation into the forces that framed him—uncovering a web of deceit, institutional rot, and moral compromise within the very system meant to uphold justice.

This is not a comfortable mystery. It is a tense psychological crime drama that asks whether the truth can survive in a world where power prefers darkness—and whether redemption is possible when trust has already been broken.

🎙 Why This Play Is Special
A gritty 1970s British police procedural
Themes of corruption, honor, and moral isolation
Perfect for fans of Saturday Night Theatre, CBS Radio Mystery Theater, and realistic crime drama
A deeply atmospheric production with sharp dialogue and moral weight

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