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The Force of Habit
By School of the Arts
Performance for Alumni, Faculty, Future Students, Graduate Students, International Students, Postdoctoral Students, Researchers, Staff, Undergraduate Students
General - $20
Student - $10
Overview
The Force of Habit
A new adaptation of Guillen De Castros Y Bellvis’ classical Spanish comedy.
Directed by Peter Cockett
Black Box Theatre, L.R. Wilson Hall, McMaster University
This School of the Arts’ mainstage production is a new English adaptation of the 17th century Spanish original that draws on the rich textual evidence of trans histories, gender fluidity, and queer possibility.
Two siblings are separated at birth due to the violence of their grandfather. Hipolita, who was assigned female at birth, has been raised as male at their father’s side on the battlefields of Flanders. Their sibling Felix, who was assigned male at birth, has been raised in the comfort and luxury of the home under the gentle protection of their mother. When the grandfather dies, the family is reunited, and the parents decide that their children must return to the genders assigned to them at birth. The siblings have other ideas!