In 2002 the Catherine Wheels Children’s Theatre Company produced a play by Nicola McCartney called The Lifeboat. It told the story of two 14-year-old girls who survived by clinging to the keel of an upturned lifeboat.
This play has had enduring success, with many awards in 466 performances. This year it toured Scottish schools, America and Canada. I suggest that it be performed every September as a permanent memorial to the children of the City of Benares.
John Carder
Anstruther, Fife