Meanwhile, at Buckingham Palace, the Queen of England sees her study of botany interrupted by the arrival of steamy letters penned by an anonymous poet. In her plans to rid her country of an "unspeakable evil," will she brush up against the very thing she is trying to exile? A play about art, history, sexuality, how we fight our battles and, ultimately, how we choose to live our lives.

A graduate of the playwriting program of the National Theatre School of Canada, Sebastien Harrisson is one of the most unique and innovative voices among young Quebec playwrights. Flores and Titanica have been produced in both Quebec and France. He has also written plays for young audiences, including Stanlislas Walter LeGrand and D'Alaska, which have toured all around Quebec. Sébastien was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award for Flores and D'Alaska (suite nordique). His work has been translated into English, Flemish, Spanish, and German.

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Crystal Beliveau is a writer and translator. Her creative non-fiction has appeared in Prairie Fire and Liberté. In addition to Titanica, she has translated Le Long de la Principale (Down the Main Drag) by Steve Laplante, which received a Betty nomination for Best Original Play in 2004. She also completed the English translation of Portrait chinois dâ??une imposteure (Chinese Portrait of an Impostor) by Dominick Parenteau-Lebeuf, which is published in the third volume of Anthology of Québec Womenâ??s Plays in English Translation.

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"With his topical subject matter and keen insights, Sébastien Harrisson could very well become an emblematic figure of his generation. A name to remember." — Sophie Pouliot, Le Devoir