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George Alexander Stevens (1710 – 6 September 1780) was an English actor, playwright, poet, and songwriter. He was born in the parish of St. Andrews, in Holborn, a neighbourhood of London. After spending many years as a traveling actor, he performed for the theater in Covent Garden (now the Royal Opera House). Stevens was most famous in his lifetime for his ''Lecture on Heads'', a satirical "lecture" on heads and fashion, which parodied the popularity of physiognomy. The lecture was first performed in 1764, and became an immediate success; he went on to perform it on tour throughout Great Britain, in Ireland, and in the American colonies at Boston and Philadelphia. He was also known as popular song-writer, especially known for his bawdy drinking-songs and patriotic songs (such as (Liberty-Hall ) and (The Briton )). Many of both kinds were collected in his ''Songs, comic and satyrical'' (1788). Stevens also authored several dramatic pieces for the stage, a novel entitled ''Tom Fool'', and a satire, ''The Birthday of Folly''. He died in Baldock in Hertfordshire. ==References== * Thomas Campbell (1819), ''Specimens of the British Poets'', pp. 436–440. (Available through Google Books Library Project ). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Alexander Stevens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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