popular satirical lecture series "A Lecture on Heads"
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"A Lecture on Heads" is an 18th-century satirical monologue and performance piece by George Alexander Stevens that humorously critiques social types and human follies through the metaphor of different "heads."
Observed surface forms (1)
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| A Lecture on Heads | 0 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
monologue
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satirical lecture ⓘ theatrical performance piece ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | printed text ⓘ |
| author | George Alexander Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | George Alexander Stevens NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| criticizes |
class snobbery
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fashionable affectation ⓘ hypocrisy ⓘ intellectual pretension ⓘ social pretension ⓘ vanity ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceDate | 18th century ⓘ |
| genre |
comedy
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one-man show ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
appearance versus reality
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moral instruction through ridicule ⓘ social performance ⓘ theatricality of everyday life ⓘ |
| historicalContext | Georgian era ⓘ |
| influenced |
19th-century comic lectures
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later platform entertainments ⓘ |
| isAbout |
classification of human characters
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different kinds of metaphorical heads ⓘ |
| literaryForm | comic lecture text ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
human folly
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social satire ⓘ social types ⓘ |
| medium | spoken performance ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | monologue ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of lecture and theatrical entertainment
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extended metaphor of different heads ⓘ use of a single performer to portray many characters ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| performanceStyle |
comic lecture
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platform performance ⓘ |
| rhetoricalMode | didactic satire ⓘ |
| structure |
sequence of satirical portraits
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series of character sketches ⓘ |
| timePeriodOfWork | Enlightenment NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| tone |
humorous
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mock-serious ⓘ |
| typicalAudience |
polite society audiences
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urban theatre-goers ⓘ |
| usesMetaphorOf | heads ⓘ |
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