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Cal Pritner <[log in to unmask]>
Mon, 15 Mar 2004 09:51:51 -0800
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Susan,

I've been doing a Twain show for a few years, and went
to Omaha (living then in KC, MO, to see a play done by
the Omaha Children's Theatre about Twain and an
African-American writer.  Can't think of the
African-American's name.  You could pursue an inquiry
to the theatre.

Cal


 Susan Dorman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> Hello, I'm new to the list, and, seeing the thread
> on Twain
> impersonators, thought I would ask a question in a
> similar vein.  Is
> there work out there in which Mark Twain figures as
> a fictional
> character?  Has he been imitated on the page as well
> as acted on the
> stage?  If so, where?  What was the quality, what
> was the type of work?
>
> In conjunction with my Masters in humanities
> project, I did a creative
> dialogue with Mark Twain and another figure.  I
> wanted to do something
> of a fantastic nature, not unlike the works these
> two giants.  Now I'm
> wondering what else might be out there.  And if so,
> how do you assess
> it?
>
> I'm also looking for markets for papers done in
> connection with the
> project (literary essays).  Thinks in advance for
> any tips you may
> have..
>
> A nice place to lurk, this list.  :-)
>
> Susan Dorman
>
> On Mar 8, 2004, at 12:44 PM, Joe McCullough wrote:
>
> > Hal Holbrook will also be appearing at the
> University of Nevada, Las
> > Vegas,
> > on May 22.  I have the wonderful honor to
> introduce him for that
> > performance.
> -------
> I had a "technological meltdown" a while back and
> since have been
> unable to communicate much online (except briefly
> and very
> illiterately) because I have no voice recognition
> software on the
> machine.  My dexterity is limited by disability.  I
> have to transfer
> communication by CD if I want to send something
> online--cumbersome. I
> do all my work on an off-line machine now with the
> software.  I guess
> the cut off from online communication has beefed up
> my productivity
> some, though.  For that I'm glad..--sue
>
> --Apple-Mail-1-119627559
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Content-Type: text/enriched;
>         charset=US-ASCII
>
> Hello, I'm new to the list, and, seeing the thread
> on Twain
> impersonators, thought I would ask a question in a
> similar vein.  Is
> there work out there in which Mark Twain figures as
> a fictional
> character?  Has he been imitated on the page as well
> as acted on the
> stage?  If so, where?  What was the quality, what
> was the type of work?
>
>
> In conjunction with my Masters in humanities
> project, I did a creative
> dialogue with Mark Twain and another figure.  I
> wanted to do something
> of a fantastic nature, not unlike the works these
> two giants.  Now I'm
> wondering what else might be out there.  And if so,
> how do you assess
> it?
>
>
> I'm also looking for markets for papers done in
> connection with the
> project (literary essays).  Thinks in advance for
> any tips you may
> have..
>
>
> A nice place to lurk, this list.  :-)
>
>
> Susan Dorman
>
>
> On Mar 8, 2004, at 12:44 PM, Joe McCullough wrote:
>
>
> <excerpt>Hal Holbrook will also be appearing at the
> University of
> Nevada, Las Vegas,
>
> on May 22.  I have the wonderful honor to introduce
> him for that
> performance.
>
>
</excerpt><fontfamily><param>Geneva</param><smaller><smaller>-------
>
> I had a "technological meltdown" a while back and
> since have been
> unable to communicate much online (except briefly
> and very
> illiterately) because I have no voice recognition
> software on the
> machine.  My dexterity is limited by disability.  I
> have to transfer
> communication by CD if I want to send something
> online--cumbersome. I
> do all my work on an off-line machine now with the
> software.  I guess
> the cut off from online communication has beefed up
> my productivity
> some, though.  For that I'm
> glad..--sue</smaller></smaller></fontfamily>
>
>
> --Apple-Mail-1-119627559--


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Cal Pritner
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New York, NY 10032
 (212) 568-0109

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