Adapted from Faulks’ novel by Rachel Wagstaff, the production will be staged in full costume with digital scenic design.

It will be streamed online at 7pm on July 1, to mark the 104th anniversary of the Battle of the Somme.

The show will then be available online for a further 72 hours.

The performance will be introduced and narrated by Faulks, with a special reading from his novel during the interval.

It has been created by the Original Theatre Company, based on the company’s co-production of th...