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Fall season
opens with
Twain’s Light
and Dark
The fall season at the Threatre at Washington, opens with a performance of “Mark Twain: Light and Dark” on Saturday Sept. 18 at 8 p.m. In this original and unusual production actor Wayne Clawson presents two sides of Mark Twain.
Clawson portrays the delight of the great American writer in the bitter-sweet memories of youth and lost innocence in the Mississippi Valley, and the trials and tribulations of moving west, in particular Twain’s hilarious experience with Horace Greeley.
The actor then provides a rare glimpse of the author’s “dark” or serious side, revealing Twain’s personal, though still humorously expressed, views on such subjects as patriotism, war, slavery, and the evolution of mankind.
Twain scholars have given high marks to Clawson’s “personation” of Mark Twain. “Mr. Clawson’s show is a masterpiece of entertainment,” according to Dr. Everett Emerson, author of “The Authentic Mark Twain.” “Wayne Clawson is the best I have seen at pleasing an audience. His timing is exquisite,” noted Professor Carl Dolmetch, College of William and Mary.
Clawson was last seen at the Theatre in Washington, in “The Shooting of Dan McGrew,” and promised the enthusiastic audience then that he would return in a future season as Mark Twain.
Tickets for the show on Saturday, Sept. 18 are $14 with reservation, $15 at the door. Students 18 and under pay half price. For reservations and information phone 6751253 or send email to TheatreVA@aol.com.
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