Stevens

Stevens, GEORGE ALEXANDER (1720-1784), comedian and author, was born in London, and went on the stage, travelling with companies for some time without success. He next began to write for the stage, with little more profit; but at length, by his public entertainment called A Lecture on Heads, a whimsical address being delivered each time he appeared, he became famous. He also published Comic and Satirical Songs (1772) and The History of Tom Fool (1760). Towards the end he fell into poverty and imbecility. His Lecture was published in 1799.