National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath (2024)
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 GuitarRecommendations
The Grapes of Wrath
Honkytonk Man
12 Mighty Orphans
Nomadland
Hold Your Breath
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Oklahoma!
3:10 to Yuma
Sounder
Sarah's Oil
True Grit
Places in the Heart
Field of Dreams
Killers of the Flower Moon
Of Mice and Men
The Call of the Wild
Dances with Wolves
The Longest Ride
The Bridges of Madison County
Seabiscuit