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Hal Holbrook Applies Mark Twain's Words to Today's News
Patch.com
By Barry Garron Hal Holbrook, who turns 87 on Feb. 17, has played Mark Twain more than 2000 times since he first donned a white suit and bushy mustache in 1954. In fact, Holbrook has played Twain for a good 15 years longer than did Samuel Clemens, ...

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Mark Twain Museum plans centennial
The Rolla Daily News
Authors and speakers are expected to make appearances in Hannibal from May through the end of the year, including actor Hal Holbrook, who is well-known for his portrayal of Mark Twain. The museum also plans a bluegrass concert during National Tom ...
Mark Twain Museum Marking Its 100th YearKTTS
Mark Twain Museum planning centennial celebrationHannibal.net

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Susanne Bier to helm 'Cutting for Stone'
Variety
Georgia-born Teems, who directed Mia Wasikowska and Ray McKinnon to Indie Spirit Award noms in "That Evening Sun," recently reteamed with that pic's star Hal Holbrook on the documentary "Holbrook/Twain: An American Odyssey," which chronicles Holbrook's ...


 
Celebrity birthdays, Feb. 12 - 18
San Angelo Standard Times
17: Actor Hal Holbrook is 87. Singer Bobby Lewis is 79. Comedian Dame Edna (Barry Humphries) is 78. Actress Rene Russo is 58. Actor Richard Karn ("Home Improvement") is 56. Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is 50. Comedian Larry the Cable Guy is 49.
Celeb birthdays for the week of Feb. 12-18Yahoo! Philippines News

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Mark Twain comes to Yuma
Yuma Sun
But on March 3, the performance will come to Yuma when Oscar-winning actor Hal Holbrook brings his Emmy- and Tony-award winning show “Mark Twain Tonight!” to the Gila Ridge Performing Arts Center in honor of the Arizona Centennial and to benefit radio ...
Senior Circle plans trip to Yuma for performance, prison tourMohave Valley News

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Join centennial celebrations in Yuma
Yuma Sun
Here's a partial list: a border festival in San Luis, KAWC's Hal Holbrook Mark Twain presentation, the annual Yuma Jaycees Rodeo, a beard/mustache contest, film festival, burial of a time capsule and dedication of a new Heritage Area, ...

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OUR TOWN
Examiner.com
Helen Hunt ("Mad About You", "As Good As It Gets") plays the Stage Manager, usually reserved for a folksy older Mark Twain-ish fellow (think Hal Holbrook). While that role does not necessarily have to be gender specific, it is traditionally depicted as ...