George Steven S Celebrated Lecture On Heads Which Has Been Exhibited Upwards Of Two Hundred And Fifty Successive Nights The Seventh Edition With An Entire New Frontispiece Etc

Author : Gerald Kahan
Publisher : University of Georgia Press
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2008-06-01
Category : Drama
ISBN : 9780820332642

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George Alexander Stevens and the Lecture on Heads by Gerald Kahan Pdf

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.

Author : George Alexander Stevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 14 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1766
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0023923968

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George Steven's Celebrated Lecture on Heads; which has been exhibited upwards of two hundred and fifty successive nights ... The seventh edition. With an entire new frontispiece, etc by George Alexander Stevens Pdf

Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1138 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1969
Category : English imprints
ISBN : PSU:000030001121

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General Catalogue of Printed Books by British Museum. Department of Printed Books Pdf

Author : British Museum. Department of Printed Books
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1959
Category : English imprints
ISBN : UIUC:30112107876614

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General Catalogue of Printed Books by British Museum. Department of Printed Books Pdf

Author : GEORGE ALEXANDER. STEVENS
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Page : 34 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1385436611

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The Celebrated Lecture on Heads; By George Alexander Stevens. Which Has Been Exhibited Upwards of One Hundred Successive Nights, to Crowded Audiences, and Met with the Most Universal Applause by GEORGE ALEXANDER. STEVENS Pdf

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Library of Congress W030274 Running title: Lecture on heads. First dated [1772] by Evans; later amended to [1787] on the basis of an advertisement. The American Antiquarian Society copy has an owner's inscription dated 1775. (See W42020 for the dated, 1787 edition). [Philadelphia]: Printed for Samuel Dellap, in Philadelphia, [not after 1775]. 28p.; 12°

Author : George Alexander Stevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1765
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:474751416

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The celebrated Lecture on heads [by G.A. Stevens]. by George Alexander Stevens Pdf

Author : George Alexander Stevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1767
Category : Electronic
ISBN : LCCN:86880877

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The Celebrated Lecture on Heads by George Alexander Stevens Pdf

Author : George Alexander Stevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 106 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1788
Category : Characters and characteristics
ISBN : UCD:31175011782169

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A Lecture on Heads by George Alexander Stevens Pdf

Author : George Alexander Stevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1772
Category : Satire, English
ISBN : OCLC:1238118944

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A New Lecture on Heads by George Alexander Stevens Pdf

Author : GEORGE ALEXANDER. STEVENS
Publisher : Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1385412720

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A New Lecture on Heads by GEORGE ALEXANDER. STEVENS Pdf

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ Cambridge University Library T186774 Anonymous. By George Alexander Stevens. With a half-title. London: printed in the year, 1770. [4],44p.; 12°

Author : George Alexander Stevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1770
Category : Chron.: 1770
ISBN : OCLC:10049909

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A Lecture on Heads by George Alexander Stevens Pdf

Author : George Alexander Stevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1770
Category : Characters and characteristics
ISBN : OCLC:509424945

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A New Lecture on Heads by George Alexander Stevens Pdf

Author : George Alexander Stevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 16 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1765*
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:10049909

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A Lecture on Heads ... by George Alexander Stevens Pdf

Author : George Alexander Stevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1850
Category : Characters and characteristics
ISBN : OCLC:314882929

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Lecture on Heads by George Alexander Stevens Pdf

Author : George Alexander Stevens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:614419320

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The Lecture on Heads by George Alexander Stevens Pdf