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National Theatre Live: The Grapes of Wrath

The great American novel reimagined

2024 2h 26m

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

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