Chekhov's dramatic form allowed him to present things on the stage "just as complicated and just as simple as. Like lyric poems, they favor mood over plot there is no overriding "problem," and when problems do appear, the playwright never seems to endorse any solutions. In this criticism Tolstoy hit on exactly those features that have made Chekhov's plays the fundamental works of modern drama. But you won't find anything of the kind in Chekhov." In a dramatic work the author ought to deal with some problem that has yet to be solved and every character in the play ought to solve it according to the idiosyncrasies of his own character.
Dramatic forms serve, and ought to serve, quite different aims. "To evoke a mood," he said in an interview, "you want a lyrical poem. Shortly after Chekhov's death, in 1904, Tolstoy voiced a common feeling that plays like Uncle Vanya and Three Sisters weren't quite dramas. But during his lifetime Chekhov's stories made his reputation his plays were given a more ambivalent reception, even by his fellow writers. IN the English-speaking world Anton Chekhov is far better known for his plays than for his short stories.
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