Hank Belbin

The Life and Death of Virgil McGraw Hank Belbin

1980. Natchez, Mississippi. An Aryan brotherhood of bikers, a lone gunman and what he calls the hydra sprawl. Virgil McGraw is a violent and cynical drifter, accused of the murder of 23 men on one hot Mississippi night in August. In custody, Virgil reveals the deep dark secrets of corruption and totalitarianism throughout the state and as the police unearth the personal and professional secrets of those involved within and outside the law, both come to realise that the world isn't what they were told it was and that the truth has always been written by victory. The Life and Death of Virgil McGraw is a full length play that delves into the murky world of morality and murder in a part of America that's steeped in violent history. Told through the spiritual embodiment of Virgil the Roman poet, the mystery unravels into something far more sinister.