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Informationen zum Autor Anton Chekhov and Michael Frayn Klappentext Comprising four one-act comic vaudevilles and four short stories adapted for the stage by Michael Frayn, The Sneeze introduces readers to a less familiar selection of work by one of the greatest precursors of modern drama.First published in 1989, this reissue includes The Sneeze ; The Alien Corn ; The Bear ; The Evils of Tobacco ; The Inspector-General ; Swan Song ; The Prospect , and Plots .Michael Frayn's translations of Chekhov's work marry the expertise of the translator with the innate understanding of a master dramatist and are widely regarded as the truest, most authentic renderings of Chekhov's work: 'His keen imaginative sympathy with the great Russian dramatist extends beyond translation . . . But translation is an art at which he excels.' Spectator A collection of four one-act comic vaudevilles and four short stories adapted for the stage by Michael Frayn. Zusammenfassung Comprising four one-act comic vaudevilles and four short stories adapted for the stage by Michael Frayn, The Sneeze introduces readers to a less familiar selection of work by one of the greatest precursors of modern drama. First published in 1989, this reissue includes The Sneeze ; The Alien Corn ; The Bear ; The Evils of Tobacco ; The Inspector-General ; Swan Song ; The Prospect , and Plots . Michael Frayn's translations of Chekhov's work marry the expertise of the translator with the innate understanding of a master dramatist and are widely regarded as the truest, most authentic renderings of Chekhov's work: 'His keen imaginative sympathy with the great Russian dramatist extends beyond translation . . . But translation is an art at which he excels.' Spectator
