Sneeze

<p>Comprising four one-act comic vaudevilles and four short stories adapted for the stage by Michael Frayn <i>The Sneeze </i>introduces readers to a less familiar selection of work by one of the greatest precursors of modern drama. <p/>First published in 1989 this reissue includes <i>The Sneeze</i>; <i>The Alien Corn</i>; <i>The Bear</i>; <i>The Evils of Tobacco</i>; <i>The Inspector-General</i>; <i>Swan Song</i>; <i>The Prospect</i> and <i>Plots</i>. <p/>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.' <i>Spectator</i></p>