There's a nice profile of Hal Holbrook in this morning's L.A. Times: http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-hal-holbrook-classic-hollywood-20121217,0,5668831.story Most of the story is about Holbrook's latest film roles, but it also contains an interesting anecdote about one of his recent Mark Twain Tonight performance. While I'm on the subject of Holbrook, I'll call your attention to a large selection of photographs of him that an eBay dealer is listing : http://stores.ebay.com/historicimages-store/_i.html?rt=nc&_nkw=holbrook&_sid=1008357951&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1513&_pgn=1 I'm absolutely not advocating that anyone buy any of those pictures, but if you go to those pages, you'll see numerous pictures of Holbrook applying his makeup to perform as Mark Twain, as well as numerous pictures of him as Abraham Lincoln in a 1975 production. The selection as a whole is a reminder of the breadth and quality of Holbrook's incredible acting career and is well worth browsing through. Be sure to click on "enlarge" for each picture you want to see more closely.