Thus vetted, I have no doubt someone will likely do what you suggest. With that in mind, I have been working on a script, but may be too old to perform it myself. It could become a two actor piece. In my current show, I do the opposite by presenting a time-traveling Twain with opinions and anecdotes both known and posthumous (theatrically an intriguing prospect inasmuch as Twain's thinking retains its relevance today) I anxiously await Volumes II and III of the Autobiography. AK On Aug 20, 2013, at 12:37 PM, Terry Ballard wrote: > Agreed that a younger Twain would bring some fresh air into what has turned > out to be a well-plowed field. Looking at MT's writings in his San > Francisco newspaper days, he had plenty of the fire and wit that would make > him famous eventually, so an actor portraying a young Clemens could even be > authentic. There are still endless possibilities for one-person author > shows that don't involve Twain at all. Imagine Sam Beckett Night after > Night after Night..., William Shakespeare tomorrow and tomorrow and > tomorrow, or even Charles Bukowski tonight (I think it's tonight). Holbrook > started off by vetting his act with people who knew Twain, and it is a > national treasure that can never be replicated. > > > On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:12 PM, Carl J. Chimi <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > >> Hmm. The difference between the lightning bug and the lightning... >> >> Personally, I wish actors would stop thinking the only Mark Twain worth >> port= >> raying is the iconic, old, white-suited Mark Twain. I'd sort of like to >> see= >> portrayals of him as he was in the 1860s, 1870s, and 1880s on the stage. >> >> Putting him in a white suit and old makeup just invites comparison to Hal >> Ho= >> lbrook, whom I first saw as Mark Twain on a stage in Boston over 40 years >> ag= >> o. No one is going to survive that comparison, not even a relatively >> accomp= >> lished actor like Val Kilmer. >> >> My .02. >> >> Carl >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >> On Aug 19, 2013, at 8:31 PM, Dwayne Eutsey <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> http://imgur.com/a/oVUBH/all >> > > > > -- > > > Terry Ballard > Author and Leisure Studies Manager > http://www.terryballard.org > Author of the book "Google this" > http://googlethis.com<http://googlethisforlibraries.com/> > > "My memory has a mind of its own." Alan Kitty 609-219-9339 [log in to unmask] www.marktwainslaststand.com