Posted by Robert Hill on April 18, 2013 at 01:45:21 user eclrh.
I had vaguely heard of the composer Stephen Dodgson but knew nothing of him or his work until yesterday, when I read his obituary in last Saturday's Guardian. (See link at bottom of this post). It contains the intriguing information that in 2007 he wrote an opera called Nancy the Waterman. I can find no evidence that the name was influenced by Ransome but it's an interesting curiosity.
I have found a couple of web pages which mention it:
http://www.irrationaltheatre.co.uk/whats-on-and/nancy-the-waterman-susannas-secret-double-bill/
http://www.remotegoat.co.uk/event_view.php?uid=7147
The latter describes it as "a fenland tale about Josh, a bargee, and his new assistant Nancy".
There's a short Wikipedia page on Dodgson but it doesn't mention Nancy, and neither does the following short page on him:
https://cadenza-music.com/performers-and-composers/13/Stephen%20Dodgson