The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel | Essays and Criticism

  • Conceptions of an Antiwar Play

    Busiel is a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Texas, Austin, specializing in modern drama and theatre. In this essay he discusses Rabe's play in the context of differing conceptions of what constitutes an "antiwar" play.

  • In the Middle Range, 1970-75

    Beidler discusses Rabe's "Vietnam Trilogy" (which also includes the plays Sticks and Bones and Streamers) calling The Basic Training of Pavel Hummel "a mad pastiche of the American experience in Vietnam.'' The critic terms Rabe's contributions vital to literature concerning Vietnam.

  • An Authentic Piece of Theatre

    In this review of the play's original production, Hewe's praises The Basic Training of Pavel Hummel as an "impressively authentic" piece of theatre.