Long Twain Running Hal Holbrook has been playing the great American author for almost five decades now.(LIFE) From: The Fresno Bee (Fresno, CA) | Date: November 5, 2002| Author: Bentley, Rick | COPYRIGHT 2002 The Fresno Bee. All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of the Dialog Corporation by Gale Group. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Rick Bentley THE FRESNO BEE

The 77-year-old Hal Holbrook has performed a one-man show as Mark Twain, the nom de plume of American author Samuel Clemens, for 48 years. Clemens wrote under the name Mark Twain for 47 years, penning such classics as "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer," "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court."

Holbrook will perform "Mark Twain Tonight!," his show based on the homespun writings of t...