Birdsong at Comedy Theatre London
August 1, 2010 2:08 am Arts and EntertainmentFounded on Sebastian Faulks’s global best-selling novel, the play tells the story of one man’s journey through an all consuming love affair and into the horror of the First World War.
While remaining as the guest of a factory proprietor in pre-First World War France, Stephen Wraysford commences a passionate affair with Isabelle, the wife of his host. The affair alters them both for ever. A few years later Stephen finds himself back in the same part of France, but this time as a soldier at the Battle of the Somme, the bloodiest encounter in British military history. As his men die around him, Stephen turns to his enduring love for Isabelle for the strength to carry on and to save something for future generations.
For the first time, this beautiful and dreadful story about love, courage and the endurance of the human spirit is brought to the stage in a version by Rachel Wagstaff. The world premiere of this production is directed by Trevor Nunn.
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