I'm in. I've only seen Hal Holbrook's Mark Twain twice. Once in the 1950s in San Francisco, and a year or so ago here in Sacramento. He didn't start my Mark Twain focus but certainly served to sharpen it. As a result, I became a Holbrook fan and enjoyed seeing him wherever he popped as whoever. Arianne Laidlaw On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 10:53 AM, Mike Stone <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Amen, indeed. Hal Holbrook is our Mississippi. > > Michel L. Stone > STONE & SUTTON, P.A. > 116 East Fourth Street > Panama City, Florida 32401 > (850) 785-7272 office > (850) 785-7094 fax > [log in to unmask] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Twain Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mark > Dawidziak > Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2014 11:10 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: A round of applause, please > > Today marks the 60th anniversary of "Mark Twain Tonight!" The very first > performance of this remarkable one-man show was on March 19, 1954, at the > State Teachers College in Lockhaven, Pennsylvania. At 89, the amazing Hal > Holbrook still regularly performs the show that he constantly reshapes and > revises to keep relevant. > Hal estimates that he has gone through about 16 hours of Twain > material during these 60 years. Since 1975, I've seen "Mark Twain Tonight!" > about 12 times, and I've never seen the same show twice. So, a round of > applause, please, for one of the greatest achievements in theater history > and one of the most important and influential slices of Mark Twain > scholarship. I long ago lost count of how many Twain scholars and > biographers have told me that they got fired up about Twain by seeing this > show performed live or when CBS broadcast it on March 6, > 1967 (30 million people watched that night). > He always has been generous in crediting and celebrating the work of > Twain scholars. "You are the teachers," he told the assembled Twain > "family" > in 2009. Let us be generous in recognizing how much his efforts have meant > to us. > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > > > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus > protection is active. > http://www.avast.com > -- Arianne Laidlaw A '58