Archival Dispatch: August 28 Calendar Walk — Saturday Night Theatre and Palmolive Beauty Box Theater
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Tags: August 28, Calendar Walk, Saturday Night Theatre, Emlyn Williams, Alan Gosling, Brian Thompson, Alan Ayckbourn, Barry Campbell, BBC Radio 4, The Palmolive Beauty Box Theater, Gladys Swarthout, Nat Shilkret, Rudolf Friml, Palmolive Soap, Alternate Titles, Original Filenames
August 28 Archival Metadata Enrichment (Increment 316)
This archival dispatch documents the historical provenance, broadcast scheduling, commercial sponsorship, credited cast, production personnel, alternate circulating titles, and pure narrative synopses for broadcasts transmitting on August 28 across American network radio, BBC Home Service, and BBC Radio 4, five decades of BBC Saturday Night Theatre headliners spanning Emlyn Williams, Alan Ayckbourn farces, rabies outbreaks, and seaside murder reinvestigations (1965–1993), and mezzo-soprano Gladys Swarthout singing Rudolf Friml's The White Eagle on The Palmolive Beauty Box Theater (1934–1993):
1. August 28 Archival Inventory (Increment 316)
| Original Circulating Filename & Alternate Titles | Canonical Title | Network, Airdate & Showtime | Sponsor & Commercial Ads | Credited Cast & Performers | Director, Writers & Crew | Genres | Story Synopsis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNT_1965_Light.mp3 Alt: The Light of Heart |
"The Light of Heart" | BBC Home Service 1965-08-28 8:30 PM BST |
Sustaining Classical Drama |
BBC Drama Repertory | Emlyn Williams (Author) | ["Drama", "British", "Theatre", "Family", "Anthology"] |
A devoted daughter sacrifices her own marriage plans to nurse her alcoholic, once-great Shakespearean actor father through an audition. |
SNT_1971_Dead.mp3 Alt: You're a Long Time Dead |
"You're a Long Time Dead" | BBC Radio 4 1971-08-28 8:30 PM BST |
Sustaining Detective Drama |
BBC Drama Repertory | Alan Gosling (Writer) | ["Drama", "British", "Mystery", "Detective", "Anthology"] |
A retired homicide detective uncovers evidence that an innocent man was wrongly executed for a seaside murder twenty years earlier. |
SNT_1976_Rabid.mp3 Alt: The Rabid Summer |
"The Rabid Summer" | BBC Radio 4 1976-08-28 8:30 PM BST |
Sustaining Suspense Drama |
BBC Drama Repertory | Brian Thompson (Writer) | ["Drama", "British", "Suspense", "Thriller", "Anthology"] |
A sleepy coastal village is plunged into quarantine and panic when a smuggled pet sparks a deadly rabies outbreak across the county. |
SNT_1982_Ayckbourn.mp3 Alt: Relatively Speaking |
"Relatively Speaking" | BBC Radio 4 1982-08-28 8:30 PM BST |
Sustaining Theatrical Comedy |
BBC Drama Repertory | Alan Ayckbourn (Author) | ["Drama", "British", "Comedy", "Farce", "Anthology"] |
A young man visits his fiancee's supposed country parents, unaware they are actually her older married lover and his unsuspecting wife. |
SNT_1993_SanRemo.mp3 Alt: The Battle of San Remo |
"The Battle of San Remo" | BBC Radio 4 1993-08-28 7:50 PM BST |
Sustaining Historical Drama |
BBC Drama Repertory | Barry Campbell (Writer) | ["Drama", "British", "Historical", "Military", "Anthology"] |
British veterans reunite at the Italian Riviera resort to confront lingering battlefield rivalries and buried wartime betrayals. |
Beauty_Box_1934.mp3 Alt: The White Eagle, Palmolive |
"The White Eagle" | NBC Red (WEAF) 1934-08-28 10:00 PM EDST |
Colgate-Palmolive Palmolive Soap |
Gladys Swarthout | Nat Shilkret (Conductor) | ["Operetta", "Music", "Vocal", "Romance", "Classical"] |
An operatic romance set in revolutionary Russia, where a rebellious Polish countess falls in love with an imperial army officer. |
2. Archival Verification Summary
- Target Calendar Day: August 28
- Broadcasts Resolved This Increment: 6
- Cumulative Resolved on August 28: 360
- Target Repositories Synchronized:
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