The Black Monk
by David Rabe

Name: The Black Monk
Brand: David Rabe
SKU: 9780573629891

The Black Monk Book Cover — The Black Monk Cover

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120 mins 19th Century Reduced Casting (Doubling Possible) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Period Costumes American

Synopsis

Kovrin arrives at Pesotsky's estate, where he spent his childhood, to find the orchard filled with smoke and threatened by frost.

When dawn arrives, the orchard is saved and, in the following weeks, Kovrin finds joy away from the demands of city and university life, begins to see Pesotsky's daughter Tanya in a new light, and becomes aware that Pesotsky is troubled about the survival of his magnificent gardens.

He remains tormented by a subtle, original idea.

An emissary from the unknown, the legendary Black Monk, appears to Kovrin, bringing opportunies and risks from invisible realms into the concrete world.

While love makes certain claims in uncertain ways, Kovrin, Pesotsky and Tanya face choices that have consequences beyond the desired and foreseen.

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Tanya Pesotsky's daghter, a childhood friend of Kovrin. She's in her twneties.	female	—	Pesotsky's daghter, a childhood friend of Kovrin. She's in her twneties.
Orlov a valet, elderly earnest and put upon.	—	—	a valet, elderly earnest and put upon.
Andrei Vasilich Kovrin scholar and idealist in his thirties, an orphan raised by Pesotsky.	male	—	scholar and idealist in his thirties, an orphan raised by Pesotsky.
The Black Monk a visitor, a trickster, a friend.Ensemble	—	—	a visitor, a trickster, a friend.Ensemble
Nadia twenties, friend to Tanya, has a beautiful singing voice.	—	—	twenties, friend to Tanya, has a beautiful singing voice.
Mikhail thirties, he is Nadia's companion and a friend to Tanya and Pesotsky; he plays the piano.	male	—	thirties, he is Nadia's companion and a friend to Tanya and Pesotsky; he plays the piano.
Yakov twenties, friend to Nadia and Mikhail, he would like to court Tanya.	male	—	twenties, friend to Nadia and Mikhail, he would like to court Tanya.
Other Black Monks	—	—	—
Concierge	—	—	—
Bellman	—	—	—
Peasants	—	—	—
Yegor Semyonitch Pestosky renouned horticulturist, in his sixties, owner of a flourishing estate.	male	—	renouned horticulturist, in his sixties, owner of a flourishing estate.