My Grandson Benjamin

"In our times, notions such as 'our own' and 'strangers' are taking on new dimensions. The family one is born into no longer plays the part it once did. Children come to resemble their adoptive parents more and more. The old conflict between the generations takes on a new sharpness. We have become freer in the way we look at the world, and the borders that separate 'our own' from 'strangers' shift constantly. This important question raises the conflict between different languages and different generations to an international scale. You will find a story of that kind in my play My Grandson Benjamin." (Lyudmila Ulitskaya)