{"product_id":"titanic-scenes-from-the-british-wreck-commissioners-inquiry-1912","title":"Titanic","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt 11.40pm on 14 April 1912, the RMS \u003ci\u003eTitanic\u003c\/i\u003e, on its maiden voyage from Southampton to New York, struck an iceberg. At 2.20am the following morning, the ship sank. 1,517 people died.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn response to the disaster the British Government ordered an immediate inquiry and Lord Mersey was appointed commissioner. The British Wreck Commissioner's Inquiry sat from 2 May to 3 July 1912. It took testimony from 97 witnesses.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFull of intrigue, bravery and human frailty, Owen McCafferty's \u003ci\u003eTitanic \u003c\/i\u003eretells the survivors' stories, using dialogue taken word-for-word from the hundred-year-old accounts. The play premiered in April 2012 as the inaugural production of the MAC, Belfast.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":32033143062611,"sku":"","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9780571295081_d38c7a68-e851-421a-9a62-4dcded303420.jpg?v=1777706127","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/titanic-scenes-from-the-british-wreck-commissioners-inquiry-1912","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}