Tony Harrison’s wonderful poem ‘Them and [uz]’ is dedicated to Professors Richard Hoggart and Leon Cortez.

 

Peter

 

 

 

Thanks, Beverly.
 
That facsimile letter is one of the reasons, and the only real evidence, I have seen to let me date the broadcasts in the forties. The letter is reproduced in all four of the pamphlets I have and all the publications were clearly done around the same time since they advertise each other in the back of the books. Though another ten or so pamphlets are announced, I can't find a scrap that a fifth was ever produced and I have been scouring second hand book web-sites for a few years now. I'm gearing up to write about these, and I'll be assigning one to a Shakespeare and modern culture class in the fall as part of the radio component, so I'd like to find whatever more I can for both reasons.

all the best,
Mike Jensen
 
author site:
www.michaelpjensen.com



 
> Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 10:42:21 +0100
> From: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Leon Cortez
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Dear Mike,
> we have one of his published pamphlets (Romeo & Juliet) in the library
> of the V&A Theatre & Performance Collections. Undated, as you say, but
> on p. [3] there is a facsimile letter from The British Empire
> Shakespeare Society (Enfield Branch) to Cortez from its treasurer,
> William Latham, dated 14 October 1946 which refers to his 'having
> listened on many occasions to your BBC broadcasts' .
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Beverley Hart
>
> Dr Beverley Hart
> Librarian
> V&A Theatre & Performance
> Direct line: 020 7471 9866
>
>
> >>> Mike Jensen <[log in to unmask]> 07/07/2010 04:10 >>>
>
> I meant to add that the British Library does not seem to list the
> books, which were self-published by Cortez.
>
> all the best,
> Mike Jensen
>
> author site:
> www.michaelpjensen.com
>
>
>
>
> > Date: Wed, 7 Jul 2010 00:53:13 +0100
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Leon Cortez
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Can anyone lead me to broadcast dates and a list of the Shakespeare
> monologues by Leon Cortez on BBC radio? They seem to be pretty clearly
> from the forties, but the booklets that reproduce some of the stories do
> not give dates. The only evidence I have that they were broadcast are
> the statements in the four booklets I have seen and a couple of internet
> references by people who heard and valued the monologues way back when.
> They may have been part of a variety show. The BUFVC Shakespeare
> database finds nothing with a search of “Leon Cortez.” Any leads
> will be very greatly appreciated.
>
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