Available onlineThis socially distanced adaptation of Sebastian Faulks's novel cleverly moves between times and places, with only an author narration striking a wayward note The story and structure of Birdsong throws down the gauntlet for any dramatist adapting it under lockdown conditions; its adulterous romance and epic re-enactment of the Battle of the Somme requires necessary human contact, and at close quarters.…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 08:12AM on July 2, 2020