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: > --Apple-Mail-1-119627559 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset=US-ASCII; > format=flowed > > 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-- ===== Cal Pritner 565 W. 169th St. Apt. 4-H New York, NY 10032 (212) 568-0109 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - More reliable, more storage, less spam http://mail.yahoo.com