EditorialHal Holbrook prepares his makeup before a performance of his one-man show "Mark Twain Tonight!" at the Opera House in Galveston, Texas, on Feb. 1, 2003. (Michael Stravato/The New York Times)
EditorialHal Holbrook performs his one-man show "Mark Twain Tonight!" at the Brooks Atkinson Theater in New York on June 10, 2005. (Sara Krulwich/The New York Times)