National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath

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.

Directed by Carrie Cracknell

Top 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

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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

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Lin Blakley

Granma Joad

Tom Bulpett

Noah Joad / Understudy Weedpatch Camp Director & Mayor of Hooverville

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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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Harley Johnston

Gas Station Attendant / Second Man with Club / Willy's Accomplice

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William Lawlor

The Man in the Barn's Son

Mirren Mack

Rose of Sharon

Maimuna Memon

Band Vocal / Banjo / Woman with Guitar

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Matthew Romain

Band Vocal / Fiddle / Deputy Sheriff / Understudy Man Going Back/Man in Barn/Second Man

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