National Theatre at Home: The Grapes of Wrath
The great American novel reimagined
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
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
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
