Hal Holbrook, the actor, is famous for his role as
Mark Twain, the writer. Holbrook’s Mark Twain act brought him both a Tony Award and an Emmy award. Holbrook has gotten 9 other Emmy awards from other roles such as “The Old Bones” and “Pueblo”.
Holbrook’s impersonation of Mark Twain starts out with him smoking, and slowly Holbrook unravels some of the stories of Mark Twain’s books and essays. The show goes through topics such as politics in a humorous manner, so he always keeps you engaged.
98 years after Mark Twain’s death, the stories he wrote are still alive with Hal Holbrook’s
Mark Twain Tonight.
