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Birdsong

Birdsong

  • Overview
  • Cast
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Status

Released

Release Date

Jul 1, 2020

Runtime

2h 15m

Original Title

Birdsong

Production Companies

Original Theatre Company

Director

Alastair Whatley

Description

Birdsong tells a mesmerising story of love and courage, before and during the war. In pre-war France, a young Englishman, Stephen Wraysford, embarks on a passionate and dangerous affair with the beautiful Isabelle Azaire that turns their worlds upside down. As the war breaks out, Stephen must lead his men through the carnage of the Battle of the Somme and through the sprawling tunnels that lie deep underground beneath the battle fields. Faced with the unprecedented horror of the war, Stephen clings to the memory of Isabelle and the idyll of his former life as his world explodes around him.