HAL HOLBROOK - INSCRIBED PROGRAM SIGNED CIRCA 1964 - HFSID 25430

HAL HOLBROOK. Program inscribed and signed: "To George Sanders:/'Always do right; this/will gratify some people/and astonish/the rest'/Mark Twain/Hal Holbrook" on front cover, 4p, 6x9. Program for Holbrook's one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight!, presented at the Knoxville Civic Auditorium on Friday, April 3, 1964. The appearance, which was billed as "A Re-creation of America's Greatest Humorist", featured readings from a number of Twain's works, including his short stories, essays, fiction and non-fiction books and autobiography. Two years later, Holbrook would bring the show to Broadway - and win the 1966 Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play. Stage, screen and television actor Hal Holbrook, born Harold Rowe Holbrook, Jr. in 1925, shot to fame with his one-man show, Mark Twain Tonight! Holbrook, who was just 29 years of age when he first starred in the play on Broadway, would bring the play back to the Great White Way in 1977 and 2005. His fame enabled him to flourish as a starring actor in numerous non-Twain projects, such as The Group (1966), Wild in the Streets (1968), Magnum Force (1973), The Star Chamber (1987), Wall Street (1987), The Firm (1993) and The Majestic (2001). In 1976, Holbrook was Oscar-nominated for his character, "Deep Throat", in All the President's Men. A multi-Emmy winner, he has appeared on a number of TV shows, including in recurring roles on Designing Women (as Reese Watson, 1986-1989) and Evening Shade (as Evan Evans, 1990-1994), and recent turns in such series as The West Wing (2001-2002) and Navy NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (2006). Holbrook has also starred in a number of made-for-TV movies, including a recurring role as Wild Bill McKenzie in several Perry Mason outings. He has been married to actress Dixie Carter since 1984. Slightly creased. Lightly soiled at blank areas on front cover. Fine condition.