Regular actress in live radio plays for ABC Radio in Perth from 1931 - 1939 and then in ABC Radio Melbourne when she had to move because of her husband's service to World War II.
A play called I May Fly, was was written about May's life and her work as an actress and acting teacher by her granddaughter Felicity Jurd. It covers her growing up in Perth, becoming a working actress at age 14 for ABC
Radio and then follows her passion for life, love, theatre and the
spoken word. It was performed in Sydney (2006, 2008), Adelaide (2008), Brisbane (2007), New York (2006), London (2007, 2008) and in 2010 at the Minnesota Festival, USA.
