It's a great day to celebrate both "Mark Twain Tonight!" and Susy Clemens' 142nd birthday! Mary Uhl (sharer of the same birthday, though I won't say how many) Sent from my iPad On Mar 19, 2014, at 11:17 AM, "Mark Dawidziak" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > 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