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The epic story of the Joads journey across America is both a moving family saga and an extraordinary evocation of rural life during the Great Depression. Returning home from prison after killing a man in a drunken brawl, Tom Joad finds his family about to join the great exodus from the Oklahoma Dust Bowl. Like thousands of others, the Joads have their farm repossessed by the bank after the crops fail yet again. Now, three generations of the Joad family are left with no choice but to pile all their worldly goods onto a broken down truck and head west on Route 66, refugees in their own country. Held together by their indomitable matriarch, Ma Joad, they make for California, lured by tales of unlimited work and prosperity amidst the fruit groves and vineyards. Instead, their hopes and dreams - and lives - are shattered by what they find. Steinbeck s Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece is one of the greatest celebrations of the dignity and the endurance of the human spirit ever written. Famously filmed by John Ford, with Henry Fonda as Tom.

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Book by: John Steinbeck

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Archive listings for The Grapes of Wrath (2024)

Work type: Play.

T0663651596

Adapted by Frank Galati. Producer National Theatre. Director Carrie Cracknell. Design Alex Eales. Costume Evie Gurney. Lighting Guy Hoare. Music Stuart Earl. Director Alastair Coomer (CDG - casting). Director Naomi Downham (casting). Director Georgia Green (staff). Performer Cherry Jones (Ma Joad). Performer Zoe Aldrich (Elizabeth Sandry / 2nd Agricultural Officer / Understudy Granma). Performer Afolabi Alli (Muley Graves / Flloyd Knowles / Understudy Jim Casy). Performer Rhys Bailey (Winfield / Understudy Al Joad / Noah Joad / Man in the Barn's Son). Performer Rachel Barnes (Band Accordion / Ensemble). Performer Brandon Bassir (Camp Proprietor / Officer / Ensemble / Understudy Tom Joad). Performer Lin Blakley (Granma / Understudy Mrs Wainwright). Performer Tom Bulpett (Noah Joad). Performer Morgan Burgess (Band Slide Guitar / 2nd Officer / Ensemble). Performer Ryan Ellsworth (Willy / The Man Going Back / Ensemble / Understudy Pa / Grandpa / Uncle John). Performer Amelia Gabriel (Ensemble / Understudy Band). Performer Christopher Godwin (Grandpa). Performer Valentine Hanson (1st Agricultural Officer / Weedpatch Camp Director / Camp Guard / Mr Wainwright / Understudy Muley / Floyd). Performer Greg Hicks (Pa Joad). Performer Harley Johnston (Ensemble / Understudy Guitar / Slide Guitar). Performer Natey Jones (Jim Casy). Performer William Lawlor (The Man in the Barn's Son). Performer Mirren Mack (Rose of Sharon). Performer Maimuna Memon (Woman with Guitar / Band Vocal / Banjo). Performer Matthew Romaine (Band Fiddle / 1st Officer / Ensemble). Performer Anish Roy (Connie Rivers / Ensemble). Performer Michael Shaeffer (Uncle John). Performer Robyn Sinclair (Mrs Knowles / Ensemble / Understudy Woman with Guitar). Performer Tucker St Ivany (Al Joad). Performer Tucker St Ivany (Al Joad). Performer Emma Tracey (Ruthie / Understudy Rose of Sharon). Performer Harry Treadaway (Tom Joad). Performer Cath Whitefield (Gas Station Owner / Mrs Wainwright / Ensemble / Understudy Ma Joad / Elizabeth Sandry).

17 Jul 24 to 14 Sep 24

Lyttelton (National Theatre), West End :: V374
listing details L595376543

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