Mark Twain Tonight!

. Hal Holbrook spent twelve years researching Mark Twain's voice and movements, studying a rare Thomas Edison film and using the recollections of people who knew Twain personally. Holbrook has performed on Broadway, on television, and in feature films

Mark Twain Tonight - The First 2 recordings I have owned all 3 LPs for many, many years. I own the VHS of the 1967 CBS broadcast. I recent bought The Best of Mark Twain Tonight CD that pulled from all 3 recordings, but is not complete by any means.What this Double CD offers is the complete first 2 recordings. I pulled out the LPs and checked everything. The lists match. So for the price below a full price single CD, you get both recordings inclu. Roy Wells said Good look at a point in time, but not the whole story. While the book contains some of the best of the "Mark Twain Tonight" scripting, the actual reform acne has changed through the years and this is at best a snapshot of one performance.Of course, Twain's material is being interpreted, often to make more a modern (-ish, since the work is decades old) swing at issues than a view of the world of the late 1th and early "Good look at a point in time, but not the whole story" according to Roy Wells. While the book contains some of the best of the "Mark Twain Tonight" scripting, the actual reform acne has changed through the years and this is at best a snapshot of one performance.Of course, Twain's material is being interpreted, often to make more a modern (-ish, since the work is decades old) swing at issues than a view of the world of the late 1th and early 20th Centuries.. 0th Centuries.. "Mark Twain Tonight Means Mark Twain Forever" according to Jack Hawkins. Someone long ago saw Hal Holbrook on stage in "Mark Twain Tonight", and stated he could, 'almost', tell his kids he had seen Mark Twain live-even though he had been dead over 50 years. The CD set does as much for the ears and the theatre of the mind. A listener could swear this is a recording of Twain himself. If you have seen Holbrook perform this memorable one man show, buy the CD! If you have not be

"Rich, robust, and mightily entertaining." -- New York Herald Tribune"The authenticity of Holbrook's narration makes the listener feel like he or she is actually in the presence of the frontier age." -- Media & Methods, January/February 1991"Uproariously funny, pungently wise." -- Time Magazine

Now you can listen to the Hal Holbrooks performance that brings Mark Twain to lifevoice, celebrated wit, and all.