National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath (2024)

0.0/10 146 min

Overview

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.

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

Brandon Bassir

Camp Proprietor / First Officer / Second Man / First Man with Club / Understudy Tom Joad & Willy's Accomplice

Tom Bulpett

Noah Joad / Understudy Weedpatch Camp Director & Mayor of Hooverville

Ryan Ellsworth

Willy / Man Going Back / Mayor of Hooverville / Man in Barn / Understudy Grampa/Contractor/Pa Joad/Uncle John

Christopher Godwin

Grampa Joad / Contractor

Greg Hicks

Pa Joad

Mirren Mack

Rose of Sharon

Maimuna Memon

Band Vocal / Banjo / Woman with Guitar

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