MARK TWAIN TONIGHT TRUST. It could be said that Hal Holbrook came as close to the early American touring actor as anyone on the modern-day stage. After 63 consecutive years and over 2300 performances of Mark Twain Tonight! it may be the longest running show in theatre history. It was developed in a Greenwich Village nightclub in 1956 and landed on the Ed Sullivan show; he opened off-Broadway in 1959 to rave reviews; and in 1960 The State Department sent his Mark Twain to Europe. In 1966 he won a Tony® Award and in 1967 CBS aired a 90-minute special of the show which was seen by 30 million people. When he decided in 2017 to retire the show, his first instinct was to thank the people who came to see him throughout the years. They kept him going. The Mark Twain Tonight! Trust was set up to continue Hal’s legacy with Mark Twain. We want to thank especially The Booking Group who represented Holbrook in the early days, first by Klaus Kolmar, then under Meredith Blair and Richard Rundle who will continue to represent the show. And finally, his production stage managers Bennett Thomson and, when he retired, Richard Costabile who toured with Holbrook for decades.