Drawing: Ben Barnes and Genevieve O’Reilly in Birdsong

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The first public performance of Sebastian Faulk’s BIRDSONG was on the 18 September 2010 at London’s Comedy Theatre. Directed by Sir Trevor Nunn, the WWI love story featured Ben Barnes and Genevieve O’Reilly, who I drew on the day and meet at the stage door  where they graphed it, commemorating the World Premiere.

Drawing: Ben Barnes in Birdsong

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Sebastien Faulk’s 1993 war novel Birdsong was adapted for the stage with its World Premiere at the Comedy Theatre in London from September 2010 to January 2011. Directed by Trevor Nunn, it starred Ben Barnes as Stephen Wraysford, a soldier in France during the First World War.