| The Sneeze Contributor(s): Frayn, Michael (Author), Chekhov, Anton (Author), Frayn, Michael (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1408105225 ISBN-13: 9781408105221 Publisher: Methuen Drama OUR PRICE: $15.15 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2008 Annotation: 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," |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Drama | European - General |
| Dewey: 822.92 |
| Series: Methuen Drama Modern Plays |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5" W x 7.6" (0.25 lbs) 80 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Russia |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 |
Contributor Bio(s): Frayn, Michael: - Michael Frayn is the author of ten novels, including the bestselling Headlong, which was a New York Times Editors' Choice selection and a Booker Prize finalist, and Spies, which received the Whitbread Fiction Award. He has also written a memoir, My Father's Fortune, and fifteen plays, among them Noises Off and Copenhagen, which won three Tony Awards. He lives just south of London. Chekhov, Anton: - Anton Chekhov was born in 1860 in a small town on the Sea of Azov. His plays include Ivanov, Platonov, Uncle Vanya, On the High Road, and The Proposal, among others. As he was beginning to gain international recognition as a major dramatist, he suffered two heart attacks and died in Badenweiler, Germany. |