National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath
The great American novel reimagined
2024 · 2h 26m · N/A
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. Filmed live at the National Theatre, Carrie Cracknell (Julie, The Deep Blue Sea) directs Frank Galati’s award-winning adaptation of John Steinbeck’s masterpiece.
Director and cast
- Cherry Jones as Ma Joad
- Harry Treadaway as Tom Joad
- Natey Jones as Jim Casy
- Zoe Aldrich as Elizabeth Sandry / Second Agricultural Officer / Understudy Granma Joad & Ma Joad
- Afolabi Alli as Muley Graves / Floyd Knowles / Ensemble / Understudy Jim Casy & Mr. Wainwright
- Rhys Bailey as Winfield Joad / Understudy Noah Joad, Al Joad, Man in the Barn's Son
- Rachel Barnes as Band Vocal / Accordion / Understudy First Agricultural Officer/Mrs Knowles/Woman Shot in Hand/ Bookkeeper
- Brandon Bassir as Camp Proprietor / First Officer / Second Man / First Man with Club / Understudy Tom Joad & Willy's Accomplice
- Lin Blakley as Granma Joad
- Tom Bulpett as Noah Joad / Understudy Weedpatch Camp Director & Mayor of Hooverville
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