Writing Llandovery Castle (the opera) Question #2 – Who were they?
Looking at these faded photographs, I remind myself that there was a real woman and a caring family behind each of these dim portraits. Our opera ‘Landovery Castle’ attempts to bring to life a handful of the extraordinary women who died on the night of June 27, 1918 when their hospital ship was torpedoed crossing the Atlantic. Our three main characters are Pearl, Bird and Kate. Margaret Marjory ‘Pearl’ Fraser was the 33-year-old Matron in charge of the 13 other nursing sisters on the Llandovery Castle hospital ship. She was born in Nova Scotia, moved to Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan and… Read More »Writing Llandovery Castle (the opera) Question #2 – Who were they?