DRAMATIS PERSONAE

THE COUNTESS OF ROTHES

LUCY-NOËLLE-MARTHA LESLIE, Countess of Rothes

NORMAN LESLIE, 19TH EARL OF ROTHES, her husband

MALCOLM, VISCOUNT LESLIE, their eldest son, later 20th Earl of Rothes

THE HONOURABLE JOHN LESLIE, their youngest son

GLADYS CHERRY, the Earl’s cousin and the Countess’s travelling companion

CLEMENTINA and THOMAS DYER-EDWARDES, the Countess’s parents

ROBERTA (‘CISSY’) MAIONI, the Countess’s lady’s maid

THOMAS ANDREWS

THOMAS ANDREWS, Managing Director of the Harland and Wolff shipyard

HELEN ANDREWS, his wife

ELIZABETH ANDREWS, their daughter

WILLIAM, 1ST LORD PIRRIE, Thomas’s uncle, Chairman of Harland and Wolff

THE STRAUSES

IDA STRAUS, a philanthropist

ISIDOR STRAUS, Ida’s husband, a former congressman for New York and co-owner of Macy’s department store

ELLEN BIRD, Ida’s lady’s maid

JOHN FARTHING, Isidor’s valet

THE THAYERS

JOHN BORLAND THAYER, Second Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Railroad

MARIAN THAYER, his wife

JOHN BORLAND THAYER III (‘Jack’), their eldest child

MARGARET FLEMING, Marian’s lady’s maid

DOROTHY GIBSON

DOROTHY GIBSON, an actress

PAULINE GIBSON, her mother

GEORGE BATTIER, Dorothy’s husband

JULES BRULATOUR, a movie producer and Dorothy’s lover

LEONARD GIBSON, Dorothy’s stepfather

OTHER RELEVANT PASSENGERS

RHODA ABBOTT, a Salvation Army officer, travelling in Third Class

MADELEINE and COLONEL JOHN JACOB ASTOR IV

ALGERNON BARKWORTH, a landowner from Yorkshire

LAWRENCE BEESLEY, a science teacher, travelling in Second Class, subsequently author of The Loss of the S.S. Titanic

MAJOR ARCHIBALD BUTT, Military Aide to President William Howard Taft

CHARLOTTE DRAKE CARDEZA, a socialite from Pennsylvania

ELEANOR CASSEBEER, returning home to New York

LUCY, LADY DUFF GORDON, a fashion designer

ELIZABETH EUSTIS and MARTHA STEPHENSON, sisters and neighbours of the Thayers

COLONEL ARCHIBALD GRACIE IV, an historian and friend of the Strauses

J. BRUCE ISMAY, Managing Director of the White Star Line

FRANCIS (‘FRANK’) MILLET, a painter, author and sculptor

ALFRED NOURNEY, a car salesman travelling under the pseudonym of a German baron

EMILY and ARTHUR RYERSON, friends of the Thayers, returning home after their son’s death

FREDERIC SEWARD, a New York-based lawyer and a bridge partner of Dorothy Gibson

WILLIAM SLOPER, an American stockbroker, who also played bridge with Dorothy Gibson

ELEANOR and GEORGE WIDENER, prominent members of Philadelphia Society and friends of the Thayers

RELEVANT MEMBERS OF THE CREW

HAROLD BRIDE, the Titanic’s Junior Wireless Operator

HARRY ETCHES, a steward in First Class

VIOLET JESSOP, a stewardess in First Class

THOMAS JONES, Able Seaman, put in charge of Lifeboat 8

MARY SLOAN, a stewardess in First Class

ANNIE ROBINSON, a stewardess in First Class

CAPTAIN EDWARD J. SMITH, Commander of the Titanic

CAPTAIN ARTHUR ROSTRON, Commander of the Carpathia

DR FRANCIS (‘FRANK’) MCGEE, the Carpathia’s Surgeon

DR WILLIAM O’LOUGHLIN, the Titanic’s Surgeon

HENRY WILDE, the Titanic’s Chief Officer

WILLIAM MURDOCH, the Titanic’s First Officer

CHARLES LIGHTOLLER, the Titanic’s Second Officer

HERBERT PITMAN, the Titanic’s Third Officer

JOSEPH BOXHALL, the Titanic’s Fourth Officer

HAROLD LOWE, the Titanic’s Fifth Officer

JAMES MOODY, the Titanic’s Sixth Officer