Black Monk and The Dog Problem

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 ma...