The Sacrificial King…A Play for John Lennon

Spanning three decades, Margaret McCarthy’s play chronicles the emergences of art as a popular medium and sheds harsh light on our society’s uncontrollable urge to kill its idols. The Sacrificial King?a play for John Lennon parallels the troubled life of the living
legend who became a God in death, with that of a young girl
growing up with his music and pursuing her own voice in a
changing society.