The May Queen

"It's not just what he's done that makes me want to kill him. It's everything about him that makes me want to kill him. Listen to me. And me a May Queen an' all" FrankDonohue is dead. Murdered. And as the culprits bury his death in thechaos of the Blitz, Theresa Donohue prays for revenge. Revenge for herfather, her brother and herself. But if vengeance is the Lord's thenwho will pull the trigger? The May Queen is a dark and brutal thriller set against the backdrop of wartime Merseyside.In his professional homecoming, award-winning Liverpool writer StephenSharkey, whose work has been produced in London and Edinburgh, bringsus a story of love, family and the price of retribution. The play is aprogramme text produced with the Liverpool Everyman Theatre where itopens in May 2007.