Gest
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Gest may refer to:
  • Gest, California
    Gest, California
    Gest is a former settlement in Lassen County, California. It was located north of Chats.A post office operated at Gest from 1893 to 1895, moving in 1894. The name honored Erasmus Gest, an official with the Nevada–California–Oregon Railway.-References:...

    , former town in Lassen County
  • Alain Gest
    Alain Gest
    Alain Gest is a French politician. He was elected on 16 June 2002 to the 12th French National Assembly, representing the sixth district of Somme. He was reelected on 17 June 2007 to the 13th French National Assembly. He is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement party.- References :...

     (born 1950), French politician
  • David Gest
    David Gest
    David Alan Gest is an American concert promoter and media personality, perhaps best known for his turbulent marriage to Liza Minnelli, friendship with The Jackson 5 and appearance on the 2006 series of the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity.....

     (born 1953), American television producer
  • Morris Gest
    Morris Gest
    Morris Gest was a Jewish-American theatrical producer of the early 20th century.-Early life:Born in Vilna, now Lithuania, the son of Leon and Elizabeth Gershonovitz...

     (1875-1942), Jewish-American theatrical producer
  • William H. Gest
    William H. Gest
    William Harrison Gest was a U.S. Representative from Illinois.Born in Jacksonville, Illinois, Gest moved with his parents to Rock Island in 1842.He was graduated from Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, in 1860....

     (1838-1912), member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois


Gest is also a term used to refer to physical behavior ("gesture") in acting and theatre studies, especially in discussing the Epic Theatre of Bertolt Brecht: See:
  • Gestus
    Gestus
    Gestus is an acting technique developed by the German theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht. It carries the sense of a combination of physical gesture and "gist" or attitude...



GEST may also refer to a popular on-line archive, GEST Songs of Newfoundland and Labrador: See: *Music of Newfoundland and Labrador
Music of Newfoundland and Labrador
Newfoundland and Labrador is an Atlantic Canadian province with a folk musical heritage based on the Irish, English and Scottish traditions that were brought to its shores centuries ago...

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