![]() ![]() It’s no surprise the result has been praised across the country since its 2003 premiere. Tony Award–winning playwright David Rabe (an alum of local Villanova University) adapted “The Black Monk,” an exemplar of Chekhov’s mastery of the short story form, into a new stage piece. ![]() On the page, Chekhov’s best shorts contain all the drama and subtext of his plays. Innovative, evocative, and meaningful, Chekhov’s stories influenced entire generations of premier English-language writers: Katherine Mansfield, James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, and Raymond Carver, to name but a few. Timeless works such as The Seagull and Uncle Vanya confirm Anton Chekhov’s reputation as a master playwright, but to lovers of literature the Russian writer’s greatest creations will always be his short stories. It was clear to him now that he was mad.” -Anton Chekhov, “ The Black Monk” (1894) Only now, looking at her, Kovrin realised the danger of his position - realised the meaning of the black monk and his conversations with him. ![]()
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