The Black Monk and the Dog Problem: Two Plays

by David Rabe

Book Overview

The Black Monk has been called a singular "collaboration" between two writers: Anton Chekhov and David Rabe. Based on Chekov's novella of the same name, Rabe's brilliant stage adaptation tells the story of Kovrin, the young philosophy student who returns from Moscow to the estate owned by Pesotsky, where he spent his youth. Kovrin and Pesotsky's daughter, Tanya, soon fall in love and plan to marry. But the appearance of an emissary from the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1439141886
• ISBN13: 9781439141885
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.4" x 8.4"