Birdsong (novel) on how the novel, like many other WWI novels, thematically focuses on the way in which the experience of trauma shapes individual psyches. Similarly, because of the parallel narratives WWI and 1970s Britain, the novel explores metahistorical questions about how to document and recover narratives about the past. Because of its genre, themes and writing style, the novel has been favourably compared to a number of other war novels, like Ian McEwan's "Atonement" and those in Pat Barker's Regeneration Trilogy. "Birdsong" is part of a loose trilogy of novels by Sebastian Faulks, alongside "The Girl at the Lion d'Or" and
Mary Birdsong animated series such as "Goldie and Bear", "Stroker and Hoop", "Little Bill", "", "Tak & the Power of Juju", and "T.U.F.F. Puppy", as well as the video game "". In 2009, she played a character by the name of Nancy McDonald in Rob Zombie's "Halloween II". From July 2006 to January 2007, Birdsong performed in the "" comedy musical, alongside Martin Short, Marc Shaiman, Nicole Parker, Brooks Ashmanskas, and Capathia Jenkins. In 2007, she won a Theatre World Award for her performance. On January 29, 2008, Birdsong joined the Broadway cast of the musical, "Hairspray". She played the role of