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Article: CASINOS A SAFE BET FOR HOLBROOK; VETERAN PORTRAYER OF MARK TWAIN COMES TO TURNING STONE.(CNY)

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The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY)
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November 3, 2005
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Byline: Joan E. Vadeboncoeur Staff writer

Mark Twain delivering his wit and wisdom in a gambling establishment. Heresy? Not as far as Hal Holbrook, his alter ego of five decades, is concerned.

After all, the actor points out that Samuel Clemens, who wrote as Twain, had frequented riverboat casinos and adds that he certainly must have been in and out of other gambling halls during his days in Virginia City.

So it is not heresy that Holbrook is bringing his "Mark Twain Tonight" to Turning Stone Resort and Casino for a single performance at 8 p.m. Saturday.

Holbrook also points with assurance to how his one-man show plays in an ...

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