HH is as much a national treasure as we have in entertainment today. Have seen MT Tonight ! three times in person and watched the video repeatedly. Thank you HH...and thanks Sam.... On Wednesday, March 19, 2014 2:17 PM, Alan Kitty <[log in to unmask]> wrote: amen On Mar 19, 2014, at 12:09 PM, Mark Dawidziak wrote: > Today marks the 60th anniversary of "Mark Twain Tonight!" The very = first=20 > performance of this remarkable one-man show was on March 19, 1954, at=20= > the State Teachers College in Lockhaven, Pennsylvania. At 89, the=20 > amazing Hal Holbrook still regularly performs the show that he=20 > constantly reshapes and revises to keep relevant. > Hal estimates that he has gone through about 16 hours of Twain=20 > material during these 60 years. Since 1975, I've seen "Mark Twain=20 > Tonight!" about 12 times, and I've never seen the same show twice. So, = a=20 > round of applause, please, for one of the greatest achievements in=20 > theater history and one of the most important and influential slices = of=20 > Mark Twain scholarship. I long ago lost count of how many Twain = scholars=20 > and biographers have told me that they got fired up about Twain by=20 > seeing this show performed live or when CBS broadcast it on March 6,=20= > 1967 (30 million people watched that night). > He always has been generous in crediting and celebrating the work=20= > of Twain scholars. "You are the teachers," he told the assembled Twain=20= > "family" in 2009. Let us be generous in recognizing how much his = efforts=20 > have meant to us. >=20 > --- > This email is free from viruses and malware because avast! Antivirus = protection is active. > http://www.avast.com Alan Kitty 908-310-2117 [log in to unmask] www.marktwainslaststand.com