National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath
“The great American novel reimagined”
2024•2h 26m•Released
Forced to travel West in search of a promised land, the Joad family embark on an epic journey across America in the hope of finding work and a new life in California. Their story is one of false hopes, wrong turns and broken dreams, but also a hymn to human kindness and a tribute to the endurance of the human spirit.
Director
Carrie Cracknell
Writer
John Steinbeck
Languages
English
Studio
National Theatre
Cast
Cherry Jones
Ma Joad
Harry Treadaway
Tom Joad
Natey Jones
Jim Casy
Zoe Aldrich
Elizabeth Sandry / Second Agricultural Officer / Understudy Granma Joad & Ma Joad
Afolabi Alli
Muley Graves / Floyd Knowles / Ensemble / Understudy Jim Casy & Mr. Wainwright
Rhys Bailey
Winfield Joad / Understudy Noah Joad, Al Joad, Man in the Barn's Son
Rachel Barnes
Band Vocal / Accordion / Understudy First Agricultural Officer/Mrs Knowles/Woman Shot in Hand/ Bookkeeper
Brandon Bassir
Camp Proprietor / First Officer / Second Man / First Man with Club / Understudy Tom Joad & Willy's Accomplice
Lin Blakley
Granma Joad
Tom Bulpett
Noah Joad / Understudy Weedpatch Camp Director & Mayor of Hooverville
Morgan Burgess
Band Vocal / Guitar / Slide Guitar / Second Officer / Hooper Ranch Guard
Ryan Ellsworth
Willy / Man Going Back / Mayor of Hooverville / Man in Barn / Understudy Grampa/Contractor/Pa Joad/Uncle John
Christopher Godwin
Grampa Joad / Contractor
Valentine Hanson
First Agricultural Officer / Weedpatch Camp Director / Camp Guard / Mr Wainwright
Greg Hicks
Pa Joad
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