Author: Gerald Kahan
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 082033264X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
In this carefully researched work, Gerald Kahan traces the genesis, development, and production history of a delightful and important eighteenth-century theatre piece, The Lecture on Heads. The Lecture was first presented in London in 1764 and became a staple in the English-speaking theaters of the world for the remainder of the eighteenth century. It amassed a fortune for its creator, George Alexander Stevens, was copied and adapted by dozens of performers, and went through forty published editions, authentic and spurious. Kahan studies the theatrical and cultural backgrounds that influenced the contents, development, and popularity of the Lecture. His exhaustive research has produced the most comprehensive and accurate published account of Stevens's life and career as well as a bibliography of his works. In addition, readers will find one of the earliest printed texts of the Lecture and a scholarly chronological listing of hundreds of its performances and many of its variations, including information on dates, cities, theaters, actors, ticket prices, and critical reviews.
The Works of the Late G. A. Stevens, Esq., Consisting of His Celebrated Lecture on Heads, and Songs. A New and Improved Edition, to which is Prefixed a Life of the Author. By W. H. Badham
Author: George Alexander STEVENS
Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Languages : en
Pages : 290
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The Works of the Late G.A. Stevens, Esq
Author: George Alexander Stevens
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Publisher:
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Category : English poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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The Works of ... G. A. Stevens, Etc
Author: George Alexander STEVENS
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 290
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Languages : en
Pages : 290
Book Description
A Catalogue of the James Lorimer Graham Library
Author: Century Association (New York, N.Y.). Library
Publisher:
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 410
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Category : America
Languages : en
Pages : 410
Book Description
The Cultural Meaning of Popular Science
Author: Roger Cooter
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521227438
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
This study concentrates on the social and ideological functions of science during the consolidation of urban industrial society.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521227438
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 436
Book Description
This study concentrates on the social and ideological functions of science during the consolidation of urban industrial society.
George Alexander Stevens and the Lecture on Heads
Author: Gerald Kahan
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 082033264X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
In this carefully researched work, Gerald Kahan traces the genesis, development, and production history of a delightful and important eighteenth-century theatre piece, The Lecture on Heads. The Lecture was first presented in London in 1764 and became a staple in the English-speaking theaters of the world for the remainder of the eighteenth century. It amassed a fortune for its creator, George Alexander Stevens, was copied and adapted by dozens of performers, and went through forty published editions, authentic and spurious. Kahan studies the theatrical and cultural backgrounds that influenced the contents, development, and popularity of the Lecture. His exhaustive research has produced the most comprehensive and accurate published account of Stevens's life and career as well as a bibliography of his works. In addition, readers will find one of the earliest printed texts of the Lecture and a scholarly chronological listing of hundreds of its performances and many of its variations, including information on dates, cities, theaters, actors, ticket prices, and critical reviews.
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
ISBN: 082033264X
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
In this carefully researched work, Gerald Kahan traces the genesis, development, and production history of a delightful and important eighteenth-century theatre piece, The Lecture on Heads. The Lecture was first presented in London in 1764 and became a staple in the English-speaking theaters of the world for the remainder of the eighteenth century. It amassed a fortune for its creator, George Alexander Stevens, was copied and adapted by dozens of performers, and went through forty published editions, authentic and spurious. Kahan studies the theatrical and cultural backgrounds that influenced the contents, development, and popularity of the Lecture. His exhaustive research has produced the most comprehensive and accurate published account of Stevens's life and career as well as a bibliography of his works. In addition, readers will find one of the earliest printed texts of the Lecture and a scholarly chronological listing of hundreds of its performances and many of its variations, including information on dates, cities, theaters, actors, ticket prices, and critical reviews.
General Catalogue of Printed Books
Author: British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher:
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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Category : English imprints
Languages : en
Pages : 488
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The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Author:
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 818
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Category : Union catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 818
Book Description
Childhood in Poetry
Author: John MacKay Shaw
Publisher:
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
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Category : Children
Languages : en
Pages : 666
Book Description
Nineteenth Century Short Title Catalogue
Author: Avero Publications Limited
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780907977575
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780907977575
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 614
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