The speaker appears in costume and character, wig and white suit in his one-man presentation of Mark Twain with selections from his Autobiography, Roughing It, The Innocents Abroad and other works. Slides of his Hartford home will be shown.

Clemens published more than 30 books, hundreds of short stories and essays and gave lecture tours around the world.  By the end of his life in 1910, he had become known as the quintessential American author having captured in his works the spirit, character and even dialect of a diverse nation.  His writing also served to voice his running commentary on American society.

David G. Kennedy was the producer, director and main actor of his own Actors Cafe Theatre in New Jersey for 17 years.  He has appeared in over 180 productions, directing many of them, has appeared off Broadway, and most recently on Broadway was standby for Eli Wallach in Arthur Millers’ "The Price."

The program is offered through the Horizons Speakers Bureau of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, a state partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities.