Legacy
Although it was very popular at Western European colleges during the 1960s, it was not performed in Babel's homeland until 1994. The first English translation, conducted by Peter Constantine, appeared in 2002 and was edited by Nathalie Babel Brown. Maria's American premiere, directed by Carl Weber, took place at Stanford University two years later.
According to Weber,
"The play is very controversial. shows the stories of both sides clashing with each other during the Russian Civil War — the Bolsheviks and the old society members — without making a judgment one way or another. Babel’s opinion on either side is very ambiguous, but he does make the statement that what happened after the Bolshevik Revolution may not have been the best thing for Russia."
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