Hal Holbrook performed as Mark Twain (in other words giving the dead a voice) in Mark Twain tonight. There's a lot to be said for that approach. It makes it do-able for people. Something they can project onto before arriving, something they can have expectation about. It's also fucking interesting if you can find someone who is interesting enough to pretend to be.
Hmm.
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So, the great Hal Holbrook.
This is superb stuff. Timing is perfect. No rush. Reminds me a lot of Maggie for some reason. Just confidence in the performance and the writing.
Bit of background fluff worth noting is Holbrook performed it first at a teacher's college in 1954. It took another twelve years and he made it onto Broadway, after first being off-Broadway. A long, slow, builder.
He's been doing it for 58 years!
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